Denise Harrington's Blog

The stress about Kindergarten. Makes me laugh. My child is only four...barely starting school, and I'm already stressed. I sat at the table with Cashlin filling out his Kindergarten packet. I went through all the questions went him. "Cashlin, can you count to 30? Can you spell your name? Can you write your name? Can you cut shapes?" and on and on the list went. There was one, however, that Cashlin did not know -- his last name. Harrington. Hmmm. Okay, this is a long one, but there was no chance in hell I was marking "NO" on this sheet. My child is a star, obviously. ha ha So the stress began. I wrote HARRINGTON on a piece of paper and taped it on the dinner table where he sits. Every time he sat down, I asked him to spell his last name. After a few days, I began to cover the paper with my hand. Then we worked on writing it out. In a week time, I had Cashlin spelling and writing his last name. It was a success! Am I a freakin' crazy parent? Or is that just the teacher in me? Shit, I better start working on Ava. I fear she is way behind. ha ha "What is that, Ava? What are you saying??? AVA, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?????"