I’ve been feeling very tender about this year’s group of children graduating to Kindergarten because I met some of them during Online Preschool and Zoom School in 2020. Our relationships were formed virtually and I never saw many of them in real life for months. In fact, there remain children I’ve never met in person. But Andrew, Rosalie, Everly, Nolan, Maxton, Dave, Eliza, Pam, Miles, Maddux and Naomi, you are still in my heart years later and hundreds of miles away.
The bond I felt to these children over Zoom, online Circle Time and packing up supply boxes was unexpected. I credit the intimacy of our faces so close, pets and family members coming in and out, facing loss together, lots of comments (with emojis) and email correspondence, speaking up and learning the skill of advocating for one’s time.
In looking at the Zoom School roster, there is no one returning to preschool. There are 4 names of children who graduated to Kindergarten this year and everyone else already went! However, there are siblings in the background of videos you can see who are now current preschoolers.
And, the babies you see in the videos and in my book are coming to preschool next year.
There are two 2 year olds in this video who will complete their preschool career in the next couple of weeks as summer Play Days come to an end. To say it has been an honor doesn’t do justice.
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