Elijah’s summer class at Golden Minds Academy started on April 20. It was two weeks full of learning new things and getting along with other kids. Elijah had a lot of fun. Whenever he came home, he would show us the six to eight stars he got from school. His teachers loved him, and so did the school owner.
The summer class was needed so that the teachers could assess whether he would be placed in Kinder, Prep, or Grade 1. The school owner told us that he is competitive and may be ready to enter Grade 1 in June, but he is only four years old. Classes run for four hours, and his classmates would be five to seven years old, so we decided to take it slow and enrolled him in Prep instead. The teachers assured us that if he ever gets bored with the lessons, they will give him advanced readings to work on.
Elijah told us he was having fun. During class, he was seated away from the other kids because he was working on a different worksheet—he was answering Grade 1 worksheets, as the teacher told us. The summer class went well, and we plan to enroll him in the second batch to help him get along with more kids. Unlike other children, Elijah does not go out to play. He is at home almost all the time, playing with his iPad or watching YouTube videos. I feel bad for not letting him go out, but it’s for his own good. The kids in the neighborhood are older than him, and he might not enjoy the things they are doing.
