First Day of School

Today is Lil Shauna's 1st day of school and it didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would be. Everybody woke up extra early to help Lil Shauna prepare for school. She was the 1st to board the bus and the last to reach home. -.o" The bus was late and she only arrived in school at 9am. There is one jiejie taking the bus with Lil Shauna at the same pick up point and a classmate boarding at a later point. I hope Lil Shauna can make friends with them. Hopefully, the ride to school will then be less stressful for her.

As expected, she was clingy and holding on to my hand most of the time but I was glad that at least she didn't perform her koala bear stance. They started off with music and movement in mandarin, mandarin story telling, outdoor activities and ended off with English story telling. She lost interest quickly during the mandarin speaking lessons and only started to warm up during outdoor. She enjoyed English story telling as usual. I was surprised to find that there was little academic focus, in fact, I think her playgroup used to do more especially on thematic craftwork.

School was chaotic as expected and the classroom was crowded with kids and adults. Some of the kids are very independent and I was secretly glad that Lil Shauna was not the only shy one. Hehe. There were lots of waiting, especially for the school bus at the end of the day. I hope that the waiting and the little academic focus is only for the 1st few days and there will be less waiting, more academic stuff as routines fall in place.

The dismissal part was pretty messy and only 6 kids in the entire morning session are taking the school bus. It makes me realize that people send their kids to nearby schools but I really wanted Lil Shauna to get Christian exposure from young. Then again, other than saying grace and the Christian songs that they sing before dismissal, there didn't seem much Christ focus. And I can't help but worry that one day, they will forget Lil Shauna and leave her behind. She is so quiet in school. Lil Shauna appears to enjoy school today. There was no tears bcos Mummy was around. And of course, she enjoyed outdoor most and even ventured off on her own.



We bought Lil Shauna a big girl bicycle and new shoes yday to encourage her to go to school. Daddy Lim was initially doubtful that Lil Shauna is ready for the bicycle. She couldn't peddle and we have to push her from the shop to the carpark. Well, not many people get to cycle in shopping malls. Hehe.


Surprisingly, she learnt how to peddle after spending 15mins at the corridor today! Kids learnt really quickly. She still have to learn how to turn and brake. We have also got her another toy to reward her for going to school independently on Friday. I hope things will work out fine. *worry*

Lil Shauna seems to enjoy school today. She agreed to go to school with mummy tomorrow. Hopefully, she will show more independence tomorrow.

Mummy Lim