I’m happy to report that Ella is doing well in kindergarten. The greatest thing is that everyone just seem to treat her as ‘one of the crowd’.
We had her parent-teacher conference a couple of weeks ago and her teacher, Mr. Byers, told us that she transitioned very nicely into the class. She didn’t have any separation issues or extreme shyness. Of course, she has her all-time favorite aid from the past two years by her side. She feels so comfortable with Amy that she often asks to go to the bathroom soon after she gets to school and then poops. That is the ultimate comfort gauge. She hasn’t done a poop with me in weeks! Amy writes us every day a whole page of information about what went on. Granted, I think there is some ‘rosy-ing’ up of the events, but according to what Amy tells us, she is making friends, ‘writing’ stories by choosing letters, singing in choir, playing games in P.E., and more.
I was told there was one first grader who got kind of freaked out by Ella’s appearance. I don’t know who the little girl is but apparently she got over it eventually with some help from staff. I went to talk to the class and read my book about facial differences to them, but they honestly didn’t seem that interested. So, all told things are going very well for Ella in Kindergarten and I am definitely happy she moved on. She was really ready for it.