Letters to Kindergarten: I Don't Know

With less than three weeks until school begins, I thought it was time to explore O's current feelings toward kindergarten...

Dear Kindergarten,

It is summer now. I am done with preschool. That means that kindergarten is starting soon. My mom says that I will go to kindergarten in August.

Some days I don't like August or kindergarten.

My mom keeps asking me how I know I don't like kindergarten. I just know. It will be hard and it will take too long. I don't like things that take too long. Waiting for the end of something is boring. Being patient is boring.

I have been to visit you, kindergarten. I even visited your bathroom, just to make sure that your toilet isn't too loud. Visiting is okay because it's short. Also, my mom gets to stay with me when we visit.

I asked my mom if she could go with me to kindergarten. She said she will come to help, sometimes. But, she can't come everyday. That is not fair.

My sisters think that I will like kindergarten. I don't know if they are right.

I did like some of the things I saw when I visited kindergarten. There were numbers and words and even dot-to-dot pictures. Those are not too hard.

Instead of going to kindergarten, I think I will stay home. I learned so many things when I was in preschool. I can already count to 100! I think I have learned enough. I don't need to learn anymore.

I think kindergarten is a nice place for some kids. But, maybe not for me. It was good to visit, but some days I still don't want to go.

I don't know exactly what will happen in kindergarten. When I don't know about something, I get scared. I am scared of a lot of things. Mom says I don't need to be scared, that it will be okay.

But, I just don't know.

Love,
O
To read more of O's letters to kindergarten, click here.