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starting preschool without the usual orientation activities
My 2.5yo is starting preschool on Wednesday. Last week he was supposed to have a "cubby visit" (one child at a time visiting the classroom with their parent, to choose a cubby and get accustomed to the room, etc.) on Tuesday, and then shortened sessions with a smaller group on Wednesday through Friday, but he was out sick and missed the whole thing. So he will be jumping into the full-group situation "cold turkey" among kids who have all had more time to get oriented. I plan to talk to the (wonderful, from what I have been able to tell so far) teacher about what she suggests, but I was wondering if anyone here has any suggestions as well. On the bright side, he did attend a few days of "camp" in the same classroom over the summer, so he's accustomed to at least the physical layout of the room, though I expect the (new) teacher will have changed some things around. The preschool is an incredible place, so I'm not feeling too many twinges about sending him off so young, but I do feel bad that he has missed their carefully planned out gradual introduction to school, especially since other than the 4 days of toddler camp, he has never been in anyone's care besides his parents and grandparents. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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starting preschool without the usual orientation activities
We made it to orientation last week and are missing the first day with
my 4 1/2 year old due to illness. What a bummer. If they will let you, maybe you can arrive a bit early on the first day so that he can get reaquainted with the space. Karen G |
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[MILESTONE] starting preschool
[Evan, 2.5 yo, started preschool last week. He had missed orientation
activities due to illness] In article , Karen G wrote: If they will let you, maybe you can arrive a bit early on the first day so that he can get reaquainted with the space. We did in fact arrive a bit early. The head teacher concentrated on getting Evan settled while the assistant teacher and student teacher dealt with the other kids as they began to arrive. Evan quickly found some toys he was interested in, and then found chalk to color on the chalkboard with. I told him I'd be back after lunch, kissed him goodbye, and left. No tears (for him *or* me! -- it helped that I was scheduled to volunteer at my older kids' school that day, which I'd missed being able to do since Evan's birth, so I was kept busily occupied too). When I picked him up, I asked if he'd had a fun day at school and he replied, "Yes." This is significant in that it was the first time he'd ever replied to a question with yes. Usually he says "No" to everything first, then repeats the name of whatever it was if he wants to change his answer to "yes", as in: mom: Evan, do you want a cookie? Evan: No, no, no, no cookie! pause Evan: cookie! (in this tone like he just thought of a great idea; everything must be his idea!) So, I was expecting an answer like "No, no, fun-a-school..... fun-a-school!" and was shocked to hear "yes." Apparently school is having a good influence on him already The next two days went just a smoothly. He was a little hesitant when I said I was leaving the third day, but I just stayed a few minutes longer and told him that while he played with his friends, I was going to go do boring grown-up stuff and again managed to leave without tears. Every day he answered in the affirmative when asked if he'd had a good day at school. Another milestone successfully reached. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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[MILESTONE] starting preschool
In article , Robyn Kozierok says...
::snip:: When I picked him up, I asked if he'd had a fun day at school and he replied, "Yes." This is significant in that it was the first time he'd ever replied to a question with yes. Usually he says "No" to everything first, then repeats the name of whatever it was if he wants to change his answer to "yes", as in: mom: Evan, do you want a cookie? Evan: No, no, no, no cookie! pause Evan: cookie! (in this tone like he just thought of a great idea; everything must be his idea!) So, I was expecting an answer like "No, no, fun-a-school..... fun-a-school!" and was shocked to hear "yes." Apparently school is having a good influence on him already Reminds me of when my son was about 20 months old, and I was setting up to color Easter eggs with him. He was in a high chair and I was way on the other side of the kitchen (sort of a railroad kitchen). The kit I got was getting to be a hassle, and it looked like my son was little too sleepy and a little fussy that afternoon (he was napping a little unreliably then). So I decided to put it away for later. Well, apparently he had noticed the goings on with the kit, and I know he did some similar activity in daycare, but anyway when he saw me start to put things away he fussed. I continued thinking he was still just fussy, then he came out with this clear-as-a-bell "YES, YES, YESSSSSS, YES, YES" pointing frantically at what I was doing. And just about jumped out of the high chair with glee when I brought the kit over to the table. Those were the first real "yes"s I recall. The incident really shows how frustrating it is to kids to be barely verbal, too. Banty |
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In article ,
Banty wrote: Reminds me of when my son was about 20 months old, and I was setting up to color Easter eggs with him. He was in a high chair and I was way on the other side of the kitchen (sort of a railroad kitchen). The kit I got was getting to be a hassle, and it looked like my son was little too sleepy and a little fussy that afternoon (he was napping a little unreliably then). So I decided to put it away for later. Well, apparently he had noticed the goings on with the kit, and I know he did some similar activity in daycare, but anyway when he saw me start to put things away he fussed. I continued thinking he was still just fussy, then he came out with this clear-as-a-bell "YES, YES, YESSSSSS, YES, YES" pointing frantically at what I was doing. And just about jumped out of the high chair with glee when I brought the kit over to the table. Too cute!! Those were the first real "yes"s I recall. The incident really shows how frustrating it is to kids to be barely verbal, too. Yes indeed! Evan, when he was much less verbal a few months ago, would laugh with joy and relief whenever we finally figured out what it was he was trying to ask for. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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