Monday, March 8, 2010

Trusting Your Decisions

Steve and I made the deliberate and well-thought out decision to wait a year prior to sending Nathan to kindergarten. He turned five this past October and could have started school.

But we knew that he needed some extra time. His mind and thoughts were ahead of his emotionality. His passion and intense nature were more than he could handle.

This is a kid who is full of curiosity and energy and happiness. That is a good thing, unless you can't control yourself. We didn't want his positive traits to be perceived as negatives...so we waited.

We sent him to preschool after he spent his first four years with Nana. She gave him so much love and confidence. That was as important to us as him learning to cut, paint and transition to centers.

Last September, I was worried about his ability to cope with changes at school. To focus and listen. We had a transition the first month and he learned how serious we were about his doing well at school.

Something happened. He shifted, grew into himself... blossomed, really. He has a love for learning, for doing puzzles, for drawing and writing words. He enjoys stories and has many friends.

That special guy we adore is shining through. So the worry is gone. I am so looking forward to next year when he will enter kindergarten as a six year old. And in true scrapper form, I made a layout to celebrate this fact and to document our decision!





Supplies: Paper, Punch-outs, Alphabet, Flip Notes: 365 Degrees by Pink Paislee


This experience has taught me to trust in our decisions. It has taught me that worry won't get me far, but belief in myself and others will take me to great heights!

Easy as 1,2,3...


15 comments:

  1. great idea, you did what was right for your son :D

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  2. we did the same thing for Carson (Aug. 29th bday) and he's flourishing in kindy this year. best decision we ever made :)

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  3. I'm glad that things turned out well for you and for Nathan! That he has blossomed this year says a lot about your decision!

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  4. We did the same thing for Zack--and now he is in the bilingual gifted program. Best decision for us, too. Great layout, Stacey!

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  5. sounds like you made the right choice and I love the layout you created to document the story :)

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  6. What a beautiful LO and Evan was the very same way....his birthday is in September....so he started Kindergarten late...the best decision we could have made also...he was tested and they wanted to put him in at 5...but I am so glad that we waited and he was then emotionally ready to make the big step...

    Kudos for making the decision and feeling great about it!!

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  7. Decisions like those are tough to make and it's so lovely to be able to look back and say, yep, that was right. Great layout and love the design

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  8. I sometimes wish we had waited with Larissa as well...

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  9. I've heard of many holding their sons back a year to allow them exactly what you and Steve allowed your little guy to have. Glad it worked out well. I love those flip notes and how you use them so well.

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  10. My son has a late birthday, so he began kindergarten at 5, but in Dec. turned 6. I wish I would have waited a year for my dd. She's 13 and in 8th grade, going to high school next year at only 14 frightens me! Your layout is wonderful. I love how you documented everything.

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  11. Sounds like you made a wonderful decision! I work at a childcare center and we have several families who have done that. There's no rush, in my opinion! YOU know your child and I commend parents who are really in tune to those things. BEAUTIFUL layout too!! Of COURSE you had to document it that way. ;)

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  12. aw..what a sweetie! i love how you documented it and shared it1

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  13. I am glad you followed your instincts! Your son is a lucky guy! Congrats on the success!

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  14. We made the same decision with our youngest daughter, who has a November birthday. She's now in Kindergarten and has a confidence that I don't think she would have had if we had started her last year. One of the best decisions we've ever made!

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  15. oh I love this! good for you for going with your gut! out here, the cutoff is sept 1st, so it looks like our boys will be starting together next year (noah also turns 6 in oct). Can't wait to see those first day of K layouts :-)

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