Ezra - Kindergarten

It is something when your baby goes off to Kindergarten, especially when this was his first experience at all with school (besides the little bit of home school we did together).

He has such a sweet demeanor, I was confident he would do well, even if he had a little catching up to do.  There little art is the best!

Ezra had never been into coloring or drawing, and his first little picture cracks me up.  No body but a big smile!

His family.

As the year went by, I saw him grow a lot in this area.....a picture of our family.

I love this class activity where they describe themselves!  I would say this is pretty accurate.

The things that he did in art class were really fun, even if he did not have time to complete it all.

This is one of Ezra's future goals, being a fire fighter.

In kindergarten they create "books"; this was one of his favorites that he made:

"Dogs are taken care of by people."

"Dogs need healthy food."

"Dogs are smart." I don't think he got to finish this page.

Ezra drew this side view of our house, which looks pretty accurate.  Although, a fire is rare!

This is one of Ezra's (and my) favorites from this year...School bus driving down the road.

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Then the quarantine work at home started.  So we continued on, but things did look quite a bit differently.  Much of the work was done in his notebook, including his first research project on his habitat of choice, the Rainforest. 

"I chose the Rainforest because skinks live in it."

"Trees have lots of leaves in the rainforest."

"Plants that live in your habitat: canopy, ferns, liana."

"The Rainforest has lots of rain"

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He had daily writing assignments, but this was not his preferred activity.

"I have a cake at parties."

"Favorite Trip: First we played in the castle."

"Garbage Truck picks up trash."

"First we unpacked."

"Then we ate dinner."

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Another story that Ezra made that he was quite proud of:

"The Little Egg and the Big Bad Wolf"

"Earth went to Big Bad Wolf's house."

"Earth pushed Big Bad Wolf into the fire."

"Earth has a new house."

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"The chicken who loved books."

"This is my favorite toy because it can go in the grass."

Ezra's favorite things to draw continues to be cars, trucks, and boats.

"I like spring because I get to play outside, because I get to go strawberry picking."

"Beach & Me"

"I am going to the beach.  I will go on the boogie board in the water.  I will play in the sand."

"My favorite thing to do in kindergarten was recess because you get to play."

This was not a Kindergarten year I would have chosen but I am thankful for extra time with my sweet boy.  It is amazing to see how much he has grown and developed over this years time!