Soccer Camp

This last week has seen Eoin attend Soccer Camp. We signed Eoin up for two reasons; the first being he loves soccer and the second we wanted him to be in a large group situation as school starts in 10 days! Eoin has not been in preschool since the New Year, and while a day doesn't go by where he doesn't play with kids we wanted to see how he would handle a large group. Team sports are not new to Eoin as he has been taking soccer and basketball for some time now however being in a large group without me there to offer him support is new. Well Eoin did just amazingly. I really don't think there was any behavior demonstrated by him that was not appropriate for his age. Eoin really has come so far. It will be interesting to see if he will need the extra support the school district has offered once he starts kindergarten.

 

There was one case of a little shoving going on that I witnessed but we talked about being a team player and how he knows what is right or wrong - if someone shoves him it is not ok to shove back. The next few days went really smoothly and today at the end of camp he had so many new friends. The coaches commented on how much he had become a team player over the week.

We now have one more week of summer before school starts. This weekend we are relaxing with friends. Next week will see a sing-a-long and an ice-cream school for all the kindergarten kids so that can meet each other and their teachers before school starts. And that last weekend before school starts will be spent at our block party, celebrating the end of summer with our amazing neighborhood.