a new PreK

The Thursday after Mardi Gras, Eden Brooks started her new Pre-K ... thumbs up!!

In addition to getting snazzy new clothes, she also gets a set of new experiences ... two breakfasts, carpool, fruit-in-a-bag, and purchasing milk. More importantly, she is around kids that think like her.  Ashley went with EB to visit the class the week before in order to make a final decision about whether or not to switch schools to this Gifted PreK class. They played a game called "Secret Share" - one student brings a secret share item and writes 5 clues so the class can try to guess what it is. The first clue was "The Letter B". After everyone guessed, the second clue was given: "It flies". One boy said "Frog" to which the teacher asked "Do frogs fly?" The class responded "Nooooo!" and lauged. Then the teacher (Ms. Jeannie) asked "Well, how could frogs fly?" The first response: "If it was in an airplane." Wow. That's exactly what EB does - tries to figure out ways that something which does not fit can fit. Her kind of thinking.

The room is different from her old room - stuff everywhere, really kind of crazy but likely lots of fun ... musical instruments, blocks, an art station, play sand, 40 dress up costumes and animal ears, you name it and they have it. They wear clothespins with their names on them on their collars, and the clothespins are taken away when they do something wrong (being mean to a friend, not listening to the teacher, etc.) and can earn them back later. We are blessed that a spot opened up (and her good friend Rebekah was already in the class, which is how we found out about the opening).

So, we are getting to test out the BR Public School System before we make a decision about Kindergarten for next year. And EB is REALLY enjoying it (she asks to go in the morning and gets super excited for Monday to roll around again). We think that's a pretty good sign!