Hey all,
I cant believe it has been 3 months since my last blog. Where did the summer go! Well Dom has finished his integrated pre-school years, i dont know where 25 months went, but he had an amazing time with amazing teacher. He started not even able to leave a teachers side and only speaking 2 words at a time to being able to play with children, not only parallel play but play with others using spontaneous language and having a great time with it. He now loves being with other children which is just amazing to watch.
Now with Kindergarten only 2 or so weeks ago, here comes another huge transition. I can already see the anxiety in Dom's eyes as he can probably see mine. Dom is going into a typical class for the first time with only receiving speech and OT 2 times a week and a lunch bunch group one time a week. I know that he is academically ready for KIndergarten since he is already reading Step 2 books and is teaching himself Spanish on youtube (dont ask) but socially it just worries me - ALOT. Dom's anxiety seems to go into overdrive when adults talk to him or ask him random questions, like do you like this? how did you do that? I wonder how he will be in a class of 20 or so with so many distractions, but i guess that is left into the hands of his new teacher and me checking on him as much as humanly possible. The only plus size of this whole situation is that Dom got placed into a Kindergarten class with an aide in it, so maybe she will help him along, we will have to wait and see!
To be continued in September.....
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