HM (4) starts big school in a week. Luckily she has two older sisters (5 and 7) to show her the ropes. Today I overheard this conversation...
William won't be in your class, but you can visit him at playtime. And when it's wet play you will go into his class room.
Okay.
Practise counting to twenty.
(counts, missing 17)
It's not all play, you know. Sometimes you have to do really, really hard work.
(wide eyes)
Can you do joined up?
(no response)
At lunch you have to raise your hand and ask to eat your pudding.
(silence)
So I wasn't surprised when HM cuddled up with me later and said she didn't want to go to big school. She wanted to stay at little school where she could play all day and not have to raise her hand to eat her yogurt.
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