Parent story: getting Meera ready for school
15 September 2026 · 3 min read
Shared with the family's permission. Names have been changed at their request.
Breaking 'ready' into skills
Meera could learn. What she could not yet do was sit through circle time, follow an instruction given to a group of eight, or manage her bag and snack alone. Those became the goals.
Practising the real thing
Our school modelling sessions look like a classroom on purpose: same seating, same transitions, same snack routine. Support was withdrawn a little each week rather than all at once.
The first full day
She started school the following June and managed a full day by week three. Her mother's summary: "She was not a different child. She had just practised the day before it happened."