Well, Day 1 of kindergarten was a success and I anticipated day 2 would be even better with her ready to jump into the routine.
WOW, was I wrong - I left her in tears and picked her up in tears!
So I don't start school at my new job until next week so I have had some freedom to work on the morning routine. I wanted to start practicing what the morning 'drop-off' would be like. I got her out of the car, walked her to the playground and told her to go play. She lost it! It was just to overwhelming for her to jump into the busy playground even with Elsa in sight. Fortunately Amy (Elsa's mom) came to the rescue again, took Morgan's hand and led her to Elsa. Later Amy filled me in on the other details, like she needed help getting to her locker and wouldn't go into class. She said that Morgan appeared to be waiting to say good morning to her teacher, but was completely overlooked and over-shadowed by another classmate in complete histrionics, so she stood and cowered in the hall until Amy gave her a push on the back.
When I came to pick her up I found her in the basement hall - an area about 8'x8' in-between two classrooms and the gym, tears coursing down her cheeks. When she saw me coming down the stairs she fell apart, and crumpled into my arms sobbing when I reached her. She is supposed to go into the YMCA after-school program (one of the classrooms), but when one of the staff approached her she[Morgan] would not talk to her[staff]. Morgan NEVER talks to new people! So the staff person left her standing there. Apparently that staff person had been calling her name in the classroom, but no one knew who Morgan was. Hopefully we have got the plan figured out for Monday...and I will have one last day to practice the schedule before she is 'ON'.
Once we got home I did get to hear the tales of the day. She was thrilled once she went into class in the morning because they were playing with play-dough at their tables AND she got pink play-dough! She went on to tell me that she spent her day 'below-the-line'! WHAT????
The school district's behavior plan in above the line' and 'below the line'. Morgan felt she spent the day below the line. I don't know that she ever really got in trouble?? I think she was doing things that other kids were doing and they were called on their behavior. So she equated herself as below the line. The behavior she was able to describe was slapping (pretending to catch) the butterfly decals on the girls bathroom walls.
Well, at least she's learning something at that school of hers :)
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