First day of Explorers

Luke's first day of Kindergarten finally arrived! Here he is with his backpack before we left home:


Caroline had to bring her own backpack too...

Big boy all ready for his first day at the big kids' school:




Here is how his desk looked when we arrived. He's ready to start working on his handwriting!


This is his whole class--10 kids. Caroline is already talking about getting one of the girls' uniforms. They are really cute.



Luke had a pretty easy time on the first day at drop-off. The second day, he was a little more unsure. We have the option to drop the kids off at carpool, but Luke isn't ready for that yet. He had a few tears as we separated at his classroom, and mid-morning his teacher emailed me to let me know he was fine. That's a nice touch! Here is the newsletter from his first week:
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Dear Parents,
Here are some of the things we will be working on this week:

Bible: The Garden of Eden
Cain and Abel
Memory Verse: “The Lord’s Prayer”

Language Letter Recognition: A – O
Arts: Parts of a Sentence
Oral Language - Apples

Math: Matching and Sorting

Tales: “Jack and the Bean Stalk”

Spanish: Mrs. Adams

History: Biblical Times

Geography: Measuring Distance

Poetry: My Dog, Marchette Gaylord

Art: A King Charles Spaniel, Charles Manet

Music: Raindrop Prelude, Chopin

Notes: We had a great first week! Thank you all so much for your prayers and encouragement. I am falling in love with your precious children.