Marisa started Kindergarten!

Marisa is an official "big kid" now.  She started Kindergarten last week and may be finally getting into the routine of things.  She was super excited the first day, but then didn't want to go back for the rest of the week.  I couldn't really blame her.  The first day was a madhouse.  There's currently 28 kids in her class and even with the teacher plus and aide, it's just too darn many.  This week, we got word that the school has hired an additional kindergarten teacher who will start next week, so things will get a little better.  I'm just relieved that I won't have to pitch a really big fit to get the school to do what they should have done before school even started.  These numbers are insane and I don't see how DoDDS can continue to justify them.

So, stepping down from my soapbox, I'll tell you more about Marisa.  She is having some good times in class and some challenges.  She likes visiting the library (of course!) and learning Spanish.  Kindergartners have Spanish about twice a week as part of their specials rotation.  They also have host nation (German language and culture), art, music and PE.    Marisa says that the best part about Kindergarten is the drawing.  Her pictures are really getting good; her people have fingers and hair and feet.  Lots of details!