One More Backpack

Justin started pre-K in the beginning of January. The First day and every day since then has gone smoothly. He did need some encouragement from my older 2 that the SSH was going to be fun, that the teachers are so sweet and loving, and that he was going to have a blast. On Tuesdays and Thursdays he is taught in English and Friday is a total immersion day in Spanish. At the beginning of every month we print a calendar from so that he can see when he goes to school and any special days we have like going to the dentist, family members birthdays, etc. We hope that he will be able to retain his Spanish, but I think he has forgotten some of it already. When I ask him to talk to me in Spanish he says he forgot. We are hoping to call his foster mother soon so we will see how much he has remembered because neither Bob nor I can fluently talk Spanish. A lot of the schooling on Friday is new for him because when we first me him in April 2011 he did not know the basics (colors, counting to 10, etc) in Spanish. We don't have any regrets sending him to school 3 days a week from 9am-2pm. I know having him home for 3 months definitely helped him to have more confidence in himself. This past week his school gave him Periquito Azul to keep for a week. He is to write a few sentences and share a few photos of what him and Periquito Azul have done together. He has carried that bird around everywhere!! Needless to say Justin takes on this role very serious. We shall see what happens when he has to return Periquito Azul. (I tried to post a few more pictures, but I can't figure out what the problem is so 2 will have to do. The picture below is him having school with me on his off days.)