A New Chapter-A New Type of Adventure-Abby Girl Goes to school. I was all set to write about one of our adventures, and I’ve been away from blog healing from illness from my fall back in beginning of August. However, to me and to her this is our next epic adventure. Abby goes to school. We home-schooled for a year loosely. Sunday she read six or seven words on her own and is starting to understand different types of money. Now, it’s time for the teacher’s at her preschool to step in and everyone move as a team to let Abby girl grow to her fullest potential.

Three nights ago I sat in my kitchen labeling all her spare clothes with sharpie. Next morning everything went fairly smoothly thanks to my usual scattered brained self forcing a routine upon myself and enforcing earlier bedtime. My husband took off work and I had my camera in tow taking a million photos documenting every move right down to my daughter trying to blow dry my hair.  It was time to let the birdy fly or in our case, for little mouse to leave the house.

We got her in the car and took her to the preschool where she went upstairs with us and put her backpack away in her cubby. We took her downstairs to the playground and off she ran never looking back. I took some stalker mom photos from afar and then we literally had to force her out of playhouse to say goodbye to us.

We went back home to our furry child Noodles. My husband made me a sad pancake and bacon. I got absolutely nothing done because I wasn’t sad like my lovely pancake depicted. I was more anxious and overwhelmed at the whole experience. So, I laid in the nice silence and put the blanket over my head and watched Unsolved Mysteries. It was a treat as there was no cartoons on, no Baby Shark, no jumping on my head and stealing my breakfast.

The time flew by fairly quickly and it was time to pick her up from school. The teacher said she got a little teary eyed at times and they just reminded her to take a breath and gave her something to do. Then, she was absolutely fine and didn’t even shed a tear when she saw us.

That night we had to go back for parent orientation and it was a whole different child. She literally had the biggest meltdown you have ever seen when we tried to leave her. One of the workers for the evening brought a note with a drawing that said “mommy I miss you.” Shortly after that, a small hyper ventilating being was brought into me and sat on my lap for rest of parent teacher orientation.

So that was Abby girls first day of Abby goes to school. The only tips I have for those who are starting is

A. Get in a routine

B. Organize

C. Prepare for anything.

D. attempt a good night sleep.

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I hate hearing parents saying things like, “I have nothing to do with my child … There is nothing to do in my neighborhood  … I don’t have any money to do anything.” Almost every town or area has a public library and most programs are free or very little cost.

We started out at only a few months at a mommy and me baby story hour. We’ve been to programs all over our area and yes, if you aren’t a stay at home parent like myself, a lot of the regular programs are not available. However, there are special programs offered by many libraries as well.

We have done bunny yoga at the library, rock climbing to kick off the summer reading season and even a class on paleontology. My 2.5 year old got to not only learn about fossils, but dig for one too. She came home with her own fossil, a little dinosaur, magnifying glass and the program cost me gas money and french fries on the way home. The program was completely free and while there, they signed her up for the summer reading program where she got a goody bag with all kinds of awesome stuff including Unicorn Poop.

Each story my child hears at the library takes her on a new adventure and with activities often based around the stories, the adventure is that much cooler. One week she’s fighting monsters and the next week she’s sailing the seven seas. Every week is different and every story reader brings their own uniqueness to the table.

She is also learning important educational skills and life lessons. At 2.5, Abby can already recognize some words and letters. She has had children in her class that at that age can even write their own name. Her one library story teacher encourages each child to sign in themselves at the start of the program to support the earlier literacy and writing skills. She is also learning to sit still and pay attention. For a wild adventure child, that is not always easy. But, most importantly, having library adventures is building that strong foundation for a life long love of reading.

Last week we missed her preschool library class but made it up with a special program and this week, we have her regular class and at least one special program. So, I encourage everyone. No matter where you are reading from to get out and have an adventure at your Public Library. Oh, and FYI there are also tons of adult programs too. So you can have a library adventure too!

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