My son has been showing some nervousness about starting kindergarten next week. Although there is an open house tonight for the students from his class and their parents, I was concerned that it would be too overwhelming for him to really take in much information. After getting some input from the autism consultant last week, I arranged for the principal to show Michael and me around the building privately.
We went down yesterday for our personal tour. He really enjoyed the opportunity to ask questions of the principal and secretary at the school, and we took several pictures of his classroom and the others areas that he will be spending time in this year. And that’s quite a few places, since they have a different “special” every day!
After we got home, I downloaded the pictures to our computer, and Michael helped me arrange them into a digital scrapbook program. We added some text so they make a little story he can flip through. In the past, I have written longer stories on the word processor (with or without pictures), but this format worked pretty well for us too.
Here’s a link if you would like to view our finished creation.
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