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>>>If your daughter would like to e-mail my daughter with questions about
what school was like, I know Dagny would love another penpal. -Rue

Thank you for the offer. I will let Lisa know. I set up an e-mail
account for her many months ago, so that she could write to her friends
who have e-mail. So far, she isn't interested in writing/typing. Would
rather talk on the phone, but I don't have a budget for long distance
calls. Only checks her e-mail when I remind her. So it obviously isn't
important to her right now!

We did have a "school" experience yesterday. Babysat for a neighbor and
drove "E" to school for afternoon kindergarten. This happens to be
lunch/recess (40 minutes to do both). Lisa was able to find some of her
neighborhood friends and enjoyed being with them for a little while.
Except that on the field, the boys were chasing the girls and she said
she didn't like that. "E" refused to play on the playground. He said
kindergartners are not allowed on the playground when the bigger kids are
on it. I had told his mom that we were going to go in early and that I
would supervise him and my 5 year old, and it was fine with her. But E
insisted that he could not be on the playground, even if I was there with
him. So he spent 20 minutes standing in line outside his classroom.
They have a cement courtyard for the kindergarten, with nothing in it. I
had brought 2 jump ropes and a ball. But E didn't even want to play that
with us in the courtyard. He just stood there, waiting. Another boy in
line told my dd that she didn't jump rope very good. So I offered him a
turn on the other jump rope, so he could show us how. He refused. Our
little field trip gave us lots to talk about!

Later that same day, we met at a homeschooler's house for a game of
kickball. There were 20 or so kids, from age 12 to 2. The game was fun,
and the older kids included and watched out for all the little ones who
wanted to be part of the game.

Mary Ellen
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In a message dated 2/9/01 1:54:38 PM, megates@... writes:

<< I had told his mom that we were going to go in early and that I
would supervise him and my 5 year old, and it was fine with her. But E
insisted that he could not be on the playground, even if I was there with
him. >>

You probably weren't supposed to be there either. Having worked at a school,
I do know all visitors are supposed to report to the principal's office
first, and an unenrolled child is probably not supposed to be ANYWHERE in
interaction with other children.

Charming, isn't it?

Sandra

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I suspect that may be the case, but as there are no signs stating
anything about visitors, I decided to go ahead with my plan, rather than
ask permission from the school! There are some 400 kids at this school,
so the playground supervisors could never recognize who is a
parent/guardian or not. Since I was with children, I'm sure they assumed
that those kids went to that school and I was just dropping them off. My
name is on a list as an approved person to pick up "E", though I doubt
that allows me to be on school grounds whenever I want! And yes, it is
sad to live in a society where we need to be so paranoid about kids being
safe at school.

Mary Ellen
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>>>You probably weren't supposed to be there either. Having worked at a
school, I do know all visitors are supposed to report to the principal's
office first, and an unenrolled child is probably not supposed to be
ANYWHERE in interaction with other children.