First Day of Kindergarten

Last Sunday, summer had gradually moved into autumn in Freedom Planet. Leaves turned from green to orange-red. All the children had returned to school because summer vacation was over.

It was also Annie's first day at kindergarten. She was very excited but at the same time, anxious. Annie was having hash browns and pancakes for breakfast at the dining room with her parents. She asked, "Mommy, Daddy? What is kindergarten like?"

"It is much different from day-care," reassured her mother. "Yeah, there will be a lot of fun at kindergarten," said Annie's father.

"Oh, okay," replied Annie. "Now, eat your breakfast quickly otherwise you will be late for your first day at kindergarten," said her mother. Annie quickly ate her breakfast. Then, she grabbed her tiffin box and school bag before going into her parents' car.

Later, Annie's parents sent her to kindergarten. Upon reaching there, she saw the kindergarten's walls was painted with cartoon murals. The entrance sign said, 'Freedom Kindergarten.'

As she left the car, Annie waved goodbye to her parents. She walk to her classroom which was called, 'Kin 1'.

Annie entered the classroom and was surprised to see that it was beautifully decorated. Inside the classroom, there were many children sitting together waiting for their teacher. Inside the room there was even a shelf full of storybooks in the right hand corner. Annie chose a seat next to the window.

Not long, the kindergarten teacher who was a golden-yellow anthropomorphic rabbit entered the classroom, wrote her name on the whiteboard and said, "Good morning, children, my name is Mrs Heathers. I will be your kindergarten teacher." "Good morning, Mrs Heathers," said the students together.

"Class, I have some special news. Today a new student will be joining us," announced Mrs Heathers. "Annie will you come up to the front?" Annie walked up to the front and Mrs Heathers continued, "Class, this is Annie. She will be our new student. Annie, would you like to say something?"

"Hi, my name is Annie. I am five years old. I live with my father, mother and older brother," said Annie. "Good," said Mrs Heathers. Annie happily went back to her seat. "Class, today we will do some drawing. I will give you a sheet of paper. If you need some more paper, just let me know," said the teacher

Annie took out a pencil and drew a picture of herself and Lucas, the Muimui. After she had finished drawing, she smiled and was quite pleased. She then went over to Mrs Heathers and handed over her drawing.

"That's a very nice drawing, Annie," said the teacher. She went over to the wall and hung Annie's drawing on the wall.

Later, it was time for the maths lesson and each of the children were taught addition and subtraction. Then, they were given an addition and subtraction worksheet to do in the class. Annie, being the clever one managed to finish the worksheet successfully. Then, she submitted it to her teacher to check.

"Well done, Annie. You got all the mathematic questions right. I am so proud of you," said Mrs Heathers. Annie smiled and nodded. Later, it was time for English lesson. The children were taught words in the living room and kitchen. Then, it was Science lesson. The children were taught about living and non-living things.

Later, it was break time. All the children raced to the playground and had a lot of fun playing on the slides, swings, see saws, monkey bars and sliding pole.

Soon, it was lunch break and all the children ate their own homemade food happily in the lunch room. Annie opened her lunch pack and was surprised that her mother had packed a bologna and cheese sandwich, some carrot sticks, a banana and a small packet of Marigold Orange Juice.

After eating, all the children were playing by themselves at the playroom. There were many toys, games and even a rocking horse in the playroom. There was even safety mat for them just in case if they fell down.

Everyone chose a toy and had fun playing with it. Annie sat in the corner and played joyfully with the doll that she chose.

Soon, it was time to go home and all the children were dismissed from kindergarten. When Annie's parents came to pick her up, she said, "Mommy, daddy. I had a great time at kindergarten." "That's great, Annie," said her mother happily. Annie felt happy and she could not wait to go to kindergarten again the next day.

The End