They both had opportunities to visit their schools before they started. For Beck we took a tour before we applied to the school, and they had an ice cream social the week before school started. For Maile we went to three playdates at her school -- two for all incoming kindergarteners (or kinders for short) and one for her class, which includes kinders and 1st graders.
The first two Hansel and I met people but Maile just played on her own at the first one and played with just Beck and Hannah at the second. The third, which was a potluck, was successful on all fronts. I met some parents, and Maile made a new friend, a fellow kindergartener. So, having Hannah in the same program but in a different class and having befriended someone in her class helped make Maile's transition to Kindergarten a good one. Thank goodness!
Even though Beck is a bit more outgoing than Maile, I was more worried about his transition to a new school. He's younger, and he had always gone to the same school as Maile. I spent a little bit of time with him the first morning and left when he seemed comfortable, and all that week his teachers were very supportive and affectionate. He, too, (thankfully) had a good transition.
Beck on his first day (8/24)
(The school requires preschoolers to wear smocks.)
Maile on her first day (8/25)
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