He has two teachers and is in a Dual Language class, meaning that roughly half the class are English 1st language and half are Spanish 1st language. He really enjoys it and comes home singing songs in Spanish. In his class they learn some things in mostly Spanish only so his partner has to try and explain to him what the teacher is saying and asking them to do. He has a partner for a few subjects and talks about them all the time.
He has several friends and always says bye to everyone by name, yelling so they can hear them as we walk or drive by, sometime I have to plug my ears. ;) He is loving every subject and is always excited to share his day with me. He especially loves reading and math. He is getting very artsy with his coloring and impresses me with the color combos he chooses, I believe he has a good eye for it already. At the first Parent Teacher Conference one of his teacher's told me that she would love to have a class full of Michael's.
{Waiting in the cafeteria for his teacher to come pick him up}
The first few weeks I went to have breakfast at school with Michael to get him comfortable. He loved punching in his code. After he'd eat for a bit I'd tell him to let me know when he was ready for me to leave. After about a week or I asked if he was ready for me to drop him off out front and do it all on his own. He said yes. I knew he could since I'd always watch him from a distance to be sure he wasn't becoming dependent upon me. My little independent Kindergartner!
Here he's sporting his "King Michael" crown. One boy or girl becomes King or Queen for the day and they are gifted a book with drawings from everyone in the class. Michael was really excited about the book and didn't want to leave it home. He wanted to keep it in his backpack so he could look at it whenever he wanted while at school. They also fill out a "favorites" sign. His said his favorite color was blue, favorite sport basketball, and loves to eat pizza.
