I'm looking forward to the first day as we got the teacher we want. She knows my DD from last year when she came into her class to get the appropriate books for her level. Also her new teacher and last year's teacher are friends and have discussed my DD.
However what I *do* dislike about the first day is the feeling like we're going backwards. I was so excited about DD's abilities from this summer - swimming, finally riding a bike, reading a few Harry Potter books, and some fun science experiments. However, we had the school's open house this week and got the list of 2nd grade books and a note about what they will be doing in 2nd grade such as mastering addition and subtraction. sigh....
I need to get over this frustrating feeling. We have a individual education plan for our DD, but it still feels like we're going to have that first few months of adjusting.
