Teacher Visit

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Dear Stella:

Today was a really exciting day because two of your teachers came over to meet you and us. You could not wait for them to get here and, when they finally did, you were incredibly friendly and cute. You showed them your big girl bed and your art project and Fancy Nancy. They told you about some of the things that are going to be in your classroom and you did an art project – a sun ray collage – that I think is going to end up somewhere in the Sun Room when you get there. You showed them your bicycle and played the piano and sang. Andrea told Daddy that you were one of the most precocious kids she’s even seen. She also asked us if you were born talking. You have gotten so outgoing and friendly recently and you certainly were both with Andrea and Jennifer.

It really brought me back to when Ms. Pearl, my nursery school teacher, came to visit me at home when I was three years old. I have vivid memories of being with her in my childhood room and I wonder whether today will end up imbedded in your brain as well.

Daddy and I were so happy that we liked your teachers so much. We both have a really good feeling about how much you are going to thrive in your first school experience. It is bittersweet, of course, because it is hard to have your little girl grow up and it is hard for me to accept that you are ready to go off and have independent experiences. But I am also really excited for you and I know that a big part of my job as your mommy is to make you self-reliant, self-confident and independent and that is bigger than my desire to have you stay forever my little girl. You’ll always be my little girl anyway.

Love,
Mommy