Kindergarten Readiness

Tonight we went to the parent/teacher dinner that Desmond's preschool has once a month.  The topic for the evening was kindergarten readiness.  In Oregon Kindergarten is five days a week for two 1/2 hours with 20-24 kids in the class.  When I was in Kindergarten there was half the children and it was twice as long.  I worry about were Desmond will go to school.  We live in the school district that more of the wealthier families live. I worry that Desmond's problem with transitions will be hard for him.  I don't worry that he is intellectually behind, because we have worked since birth to give him a healthy start.  I know he will have an advantage in this area.  He also has the advantage of a loving family.  Desmond will succeed and I will have a few more gray hairs.  Over the next couple of weeks we will be working on preparing Desmond for Kindergarten and I will post some of my activities here.