The Graduate

Since Jay has started his last year of preschool, I better post about his "graduation" from the 3s program last spring. (Here is the link to the post about his first day of school.)

He had a wonderful year at the Isle of Palms Rec Center. All the kids loved the teacher, Ms Cathy, and she adored them right back. It was a big year in terms of accomplishments: he learned all his letters and some letter sounds; how to write his name (usually with the J backwards and spelled YAJ); count to 100 (one, two, skip a few, 99, 100!); actually count to 20; and lots of cute songs and poems (True blue/Me and you/Friends Forever/Through and through).

He also began to wear his favorite baby blanket as a cape and call himself "Super Jay." He wore his cape to school, soccer, and karate (on top of his uniform), and with his Spiderman costume from last Halloween. When Yingy and Grandpa Pat sent him cowboy boots from Arizona, the outfit was complete! We always got lots of smiles and comments whenever we went out. At the end of the year, the program held a graduation for the students. (The stage was set up for a performance of Charlotte's Web.) Here is Super Jay walking across the stage.
Super Jay performing a piece about summer with his class.
And Super Jay receiving his diploma. The director of the program even announced him as "Super Jay Mirman."

This year, he is in the 4s program at a different preschool. Although I loved the IOP program, it was too far to drive back and forth. Now his school is only 10 minutes away (yet we are still always running late).

But, his new school is another post for another day...