(when in doubt, post the art)
One little thing about Grace’s school I really like is that when we get there early (which, duh, is every time I take her to school) Grace picks a book from the library return box and we sit and read it. Every morning there are at least 3 or 4 parents reading to children in the hallway outside the kindergarten classrooms. Occasionally Grace will sidle up to a parent of one of her friends and quietly start listening. Or, likewise, I’ll feel a soft presence on my right and notice that Anna or Caroline is sitting there, silently listening to the story. I find it disarming that parents subtly shift to include multiple children, endearing that the children all seem to want to spend these minutes this way.
Above the cubbies the teachers display recent art, which is where I noticed this whale painting by Grace.