Oh, are changes hard. For a while now Maria has made comments about not wanting to go to sixth grade next year. She has even teared up about it this spring. For Maria going to sixth grade means leaving some consistent and caring adults....her teachers Ms. D, Ms. B and class associate Mrs. W. Yes, she will still be in the same school building with them, but she won't be with them and this is hard for her. She is very use to adults being consistently in her life. I know that sounds odd knowing that she was in an orphanage for so long, but she had the same main caregivers most of her life. Consistency was there.
Yesterday we had a transitional meeting with the special education teacher who will help Maria next year (she has special education to help with her physical needs at school). Maria was in the meeting and did a great job talking about what she has done in PE to next year's PE teacher. We talked about several other things to help her become more independent at school. A few times Maria got upset and started to tear up about the changes that are coming. I have a feeling these changes will alway be harder for her.
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I'm not a fan of changes either... But trying to make the best of what is "normal" here. (Would prefer activities to be year round... but I guess having summer breaks (my girls looking forward to VBSs) help make transitions for the next school year.) ~ Dora Beth
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