Abby finished school last Friday. She's loved being in school. Kindergarten was such a great experience for her, her teacher was amazing and started a real love of learning for Abbers. I'm really glad we decided to send her to Wasatch if only for the reason that we didn't have to attend some crazy kindergarten graduation with caps and gowns (sorry to all you moms that had this, I'm sure it was great, but how great not to deal with yet another thing)
She's excited for what the summer holds, while mom is worried about keeping her busy enough. She starts a BYU soccer camp this week so she should love that. We've tried to pack the summer with fun sports camps and lessons she'll even have a week of Chinese Immersion Summer camp a few weeks before school starts up again.
Yup, I'm just that crazy I went back and forth on the idea of her doing Chinese immersion (mostly cause I was dreading the extra work for me) but she really wants to do it and I think I'd feel guilty if I had her pass up this opportunity. I kinda wish it was Spanish immersion, then I might be able to help a little easier but Chinese will be great and really give her a head start in today's economy/business world - and who knows maybe she'll go to China on her mission? Plus don't they say their brains are like sponges at this age? I hope so cause I know I struggled/struggle with Spanish so hopefully she didn't inherit this from me. One of the forms I signed said I wouldn't pull her out of the program if there was crying, frustration etc in the first few months-that this was normal and expected- yeah again I voluntarily signed up for this-I hope I make it through 1st grade.
So half her day will be in English and half in Mandarin Chinese, this will last through 6th grade. Her school in fact only has 2 classes this next year that aren't Chinese immersion students and 4 that are, so she's definitely in the majority.
On the other hand I'm excited for the alone time I'll have with the 2 youngest. Abs will be at school all day and Sophie will be able to put herself out there more. I'll once again be home full time (only 2 more weeks of work) and I'll be dancing around the house cleaning, preparing meals made of love for my family and generally revealing in motherhood. Ok so it's not gonna be a fairytale that's for sure but I'd do full time motherhood any day over full time motherhood plus full time work.
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Holy crud. That sounds so crazy. I really haven't heard much about this, but it sounds interesting. Is your school just a normal public school? Do any students just do english all day? You will have to keep us updated.
I didn't even know they had Chinese Immersion classes. They don't at our kindergarten, but I wish they had a Spanish one. That would be great. I'm impressed! Go Abby!
Ne-how. That is a Chinese greeting. I spelled it phonetically and I don't think Chinese do phonics like we do, so good luck! Sounds like an interesting program. Maybe we will be able to now say "Chinese-Made in USA. I get Chinese and Korean letters across my desk occasionally and WOW, it is hard to believe. Good luck Abby.
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