Public School Kindergarten

The summer between Preschool and Kindergarten came and went.  The new school year hurled itself toward us and the girls mustered up a tad of enthusiasm to start.  One question all moms of twins have is whether to separate them in school and when?   We opted for them to be together in Preschool solely for the reason there wasn’t another choice.   They’d play independently but never spoke to one another nor another child.  At the end of the year they were whispering a few words in their Preschool teacher’s ear but that stopped once Kindergarten started.  In Kindergarten we chose to separate them due to professional advice and what we thought would be best for them.  In the hopes they would gain some independence from one another and possibly the ultimate….make friends.    Our Dr. traveled to the school to meet with staff and give everyone a blueprint for treatment and to answer any questions the school faculty had.  I can honestly say they all were truly concerned and genuinely wanted to know the best way to help my children succeed in school.  The speech therapy started almost 6 weeks after the first day of school which was a little concerning but understandable.   Our schools Speech Therapist has two schools she’s giving services to.  She started seeing the girls at least twice a week and on an optimum week, three times.

The girls began to really come out of their ‘shells’.  There was a noticeable difference in their body language and personalities right around Christmas 2011.  Family and friends were noticing and making comments.    Myself or their father can get  them to respond to forced choice answers without much prodding and depending on who’s around.   They seemed to be happy and enjoying school, although some days they would fight to get ready to go.  They never really talked about school, it’s like pulling teeth to try and get them to tell me what happened in a day.  When they get home from school, they go onto their usual routines, playing outside or in their rooms.  At home they are loud, talk like they’re trying to make up for being silent all day and are quite funny.  They rarely disagree and when they do it’s because one wants to do something the other doesn’t and won’t do it with them.   Whenever there was a problem at school I’d eventually hear about it.  Seems like it’s always the same kids names that are involved.  ”So in So said I stink.”  I’d try to explain to her and comfort her.  Even going to the teacher a few times to try and get an unbiased story, if she could give me one.  Whenever they come to me I listen intently, offer my advice and chalk it up to Kindergarten politics.  Little did I know how cruel kids can be these days.