Swim Lessons, School Program, etc.

Josh only has 1 more week of swim lessons. I think he's going to miss it! They got to jump off of the diving board on Saturday. He was in heaven. They also got to actually use their arms to swim. :) Up until now, it's been all about floating, holding their breath and such. I want to sign him up for the next class, but I'm not sure that's going to be possible. Mr. Ed is talking about retiring! He may not open up again next year. That will be horrible. :( He's so good!!

Josh starts a new program today at school. He'll basically go the whole school day Monday - Thursday. The program is a grant funded program called Kindergarten Literacy Intervention. It makes it sound like Josh is behind, but he's not. His teacher assured me over and over again that Josh was right where he needed to be for his age. However, because Josh is very shy, she wants him to be in the program to help give him some self confidence and help his verbal skills. I agree that he does have some verbal "problems"...he has trouble saying some letters and sometimes his speech is a little choppy. Mostly, she wants him to overcome his timidness in class (which I totally agree with).

I hope this helps him. I know he's good w/ his letters and numbers and everything else they're working on...Josh is a bright little guy.

He's going to be wiped out! Poor guy! Kindergarten is already wearing him out, but going all day may take him over the edge. :) He'll still go to Kiddie Kottage after school, but he'll only be there for a little over an hour each day (and I still have to pay $80/week??). :)