In addition to being a teacher, this past week I experienced the Pre K Scholars program as a mother, and saw it through the eyes of my own child (or children in my case). Wow! What an awe-inspiring experience it was from the start.

My twins turn five on Monday and are enrolled in one of the three Pre K Scholars classes that I’ll teach from January to June—their excitement is simply unexplainable! They love it all: the characters, the classwork, their binders, their supplies and their “homework.” (I hope they like their teacher just as much, but I haven’t asked!)

The girls wanted to do their “homework” right after class. Upon completion, Camille asked, “Is that it?”

I told her yes, but said she could do another page if she wanted; after thinking about it for several seconds and with a very pensive look she replied, “I guess I don’t need to do an extra page, but that was just SO FUN!” And every person who has entered our home from since last Wednesday has received a hand-held trip to see “the binder,” accompanied by a very detailed and enthusiastic tour through it’s contents (homework and all)!

That said, I see that the girls’ imaginations are still trying to grasp reality. From the moment the first class ended until they went to bed that night, the questions flowed: “Is Scholarville close to Newport Beach?” “Can we go there soon?” “When?” “How do we get there—by car or plane?” “How far away is it?”

I also heard, “I LOVE Scholarville!” And, “I want to see ALL of the characters!”

Although I love the enthusiam, there are so many questions—how should they be answered?