On to Kindergarten!

Henry finished Young Fives May 19 with a trip to Timbertown with his class and teachers. The weather looked iffy but ended up decent and the kids had a great time having lunch, playing, feeding the ducks and enjoying one last day together. He really had a great class this year with an amazing teacher and wonderful teacher assistant. Both Henry and I are slightly in mourning that his year is finished...he's glad to be on to Summer, but already misses his teachers and friends. He's also excited, but nervous to go to a new school next year.

Henry's Class this year (9 girls, 2 boys) :)
Ashley, Julia, Emma, Lee, Chloe, Baylee, Henry, Autumn Mae, Kayla, Yasmin and Elise

Henry and Johanna chillin' on the bench by the water. I had to watch Jos like crazy!

Henry's amazing teacher for the past two years, Mrs. Zwart. She's the best!
Mrs. Mulder, the teacher assistant for the past two years. She's great too!

Henry finished Young Fives May 19 with a trip to Timbertown with his class and teachers. The weather looked iffy but ended up decent and the kids had a great time having lunch, playing, feeding the ducks and enjoying one last day together. He really had a great class this year with an amazing teacher and wonderful teacher assistant. Both Henry and I are slightly in mourning that his year is finished...he's glad to be on to Summer, but already misses his teachers and friends. He's also excited, but nervous to go to a new school next year.

We are so happy with our decision to send him to Young Fives this year. We have no regrets and think that this year was a good growing, maturing and learning year for him. Next year he will be in all day, every day kindergarten and he definitely seems ready.

We struggled with anxiety with Henry this year and had him tested for a few things including ADD, ADHD, Sensory disorders and anxiety. The only one that came back as a definite issue was the anxiety which wasn't surprising at all to us. We have implemented different strategies right now and he's actually been doing very well lately. We are aware of what we need to do when his anxiety gets out of control and hopefully will be able to help him keep things in check.

Henry also continued to go to speech classes twice a week this year. He was pulled out twice a week for about 30 minutes each time at school. He has really enjoyed working with Mrs. U the last three years and will really miss her. She has also been a blessing to us, helping Henry with his speech development. He still struggles with beginning sounds and transposes some letters so he will definitely continue to have speech therapy next year. We are so blessed that the schools offer such great services for him!

Henry is such a wonderful kid! He's sweet, loving, sensitive, helpful, caring, creative, artistic and his attention to detail is amazing! He loves Sammy, loves to draw, grew two flowers from seeds with care and love, watering them and moving them to the sun daily, he is amazing with Johanna, addicted to the iPad and a crazy whiz at math. I love him more and more every day!