Dalia started Kindergarten at Park Day School in Oakland. We were all welcomed by song and sunshine, the teachers, administration, and head of school sang a welcome song in a round to all of the students and parents. It was so warm and full of pure joy. Dalia and I had spent a little time at the school in the previous week, working at clean-up day -- painting the kindergarten pick-up bench -- and going to the kindergarten potluck. Lots of play on the playground...and a party at Betty and Christopher and Ruby's house the day before school.
Dalia is in Amida's class. Amida asked the parents/grandparents/friends and the students to sit in a circle while she read "The Kissing Hand," a masterful way to prepare the kids for saying goodbye, holding their special person's kiss in their hand and feeling it in their heart. So far, Dalia has had 4 full days of school, with lots and lots of play time, building box houses, music, movement, and Spanish. When asked how school is going, she always says, "great!!"
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