Kiya had a GREAT first week in preschool. She can't stop talking about her friends and her classroom, "La Playa." Her new teachers reveled in just how well she adjusted.
We faced one old and one new issue during this transition. The old issue being her over dramatic clingyness at drop off. I mean she grabs on to our legs and doesn't want to let go. Sure enough a teacher comes to get her and she walks a way to go play or do art or read and is just fine. It is an academy award winning performance. I would be worried about it but her daily reports all say that she had a great day and when we pick her up she is super happy and silly.
The new issues was splash day. In her old room splash day was Thursday and Kiya is with nana and papa on Thursdays so there was no issue. Now her new class has splash day on Tuesday. Due to her cast, Kiya can't run in sprinklers. Well she can once in July after cast cut off. I called her teachers to talk about options and they are going to bring out a water table so she can splash around and play. She will wear a bib and it will be fine. I was so excited that they came up with a way for Kiya to play with her friends and not miss all the summertime fun.
Week one down. I am excited to see what week 2 brings. She will encounter her first splash day.....so that could be interesting. She hasn't had to deal with sprinklers ever before as she wasn't walking last summer and now this summer she has a cast. For the most part she is a reasonable kid for a 2 1/2 year old anyway so I am hoping it works out.
Showing posts with label preschool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preschool. Show all posts
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Preschool
My baby girl is officially starting the transition to preschool this week. I can hardly believe it.
We are super excited for her. She is going into the classroom that we wanted her in back when they tried to transition her before and it went horribly wrong.
This time we are hoping things go much better. She has multiple friends in this room that she asks to play with by name. She has spent some time with the teachers in that room and seems to enjoy them.
She is going to start learning to write her letters, count to 20 which she kind of does anyway but skips a few numbers sometimes, learn to use scissors and so much more. She is so ready for this.
She was the second oldest kid in her old class and only one of 3 girls. Most of the boys were 18 months old or slightly older and 1 of the girls was barely 13 months old and still drinking out of a bottle. Once this very young toddler entered the room Kiya seemed to regress a little. None of the boys were using the potty all that well and obviously the little one wasn't so Kiya hasn't been doing so great in that department lately either.
She totally knows when she is going to go and will announce it while sitting on the potty. She says "I go potty now. Yay!" and then she goes. So she completely gets it but is being stubborn. I really need to find the pull ups that let the kids feel that they are wet so that recognition starts. We have the kind that the pattern fades when wet but that does nothing for Kiya. I can't seem to find the other kind. Will have to keep looking.
So Kiya was going to spend a few hours in there this morning and then a few more on Tuesday and by Friday she will be fully transitioned into that classroom.
Fingers crossed that my long note to her new teachers is understood. We just have certain rules with her cast. No sand, limited water play, limited time outside when super hot and please don't let the cast stand in her way. She doesn't. I put it all in writing for them.
We are super excited for her. She is going into the classroom that we wanted her in back when they tried to transition her before and it went horribly wrong.
This time we are hoping things go much better. She has multiple friends in this room that she asks to play with by name. She has spent some time with the teachers in that room and seems to enjoy them.
She is going to start learning to write her letters, count to 20 which she kind of does anyway but skips a few numbers sometimes, learn to use scissors and so much more. She is so ready for this.
She was the second oldest kid in her old class and only one of 3 girls. Most of the boys were 18 months old or slightly older and 1 of the girls was barely 13 months old and still drinking out of a bottle. Once this very young toddler entered the room Kiya seemed to regress a little. None of the boys were using the potty all that well and obviously the little one wasn't so Kiya hasn't been doing so great in that department lately either.
She totally knows when she is going to go and will announce it while sitting on the potty. She says "I go potty now. Yay!" and then she goes. So she completely gets it but is being stubborn. I really need to find the pull ups that let the kids feel that they are wet so that recognition starts. We have the kind that the pattern fades when wet but that does nothing for Kiya. I can't seem to find the other kind. Will have to keep looking.
So Kiya was going to spend a few hours in there this morning and then a few more on Tuesday and by Friday she will be fully transitioned into that classroom.
Fingers crossed that my long note to her new teachers is understood. We just have certain rules with her cast. No sand, limited water play, limited time outside when super hot and please don't let the cast stand in her way. She doesn't. I put it all in writing for them.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Preschool???
Okay after yesterday, I really did start to think about preschool. Now keep in mind Peanut won't be eligible for 3 year old preschool until 2012 as she has a late birthday. I put up a status message on facebook yesterday and was floored by some of the things I learned.
One of my friends reported that she signed her daughter up for preschool while still pregnant. Another put her daughter on the wait list for a preschool when she was 9 months old. The i have another friend who hasn't even looked into daycare yet.
Do I have to start thinking about that already? I don't even really know my daughter and yet I am planning her future.
The preschool that we are most interested in only has 20 kids in the 3 year old room so it might be quite tough to get her in there. So I will try for sure but will need to have a back up plan.
For those that have been there done that, when should I really start actively looking at preschools? I was thinking I would start at 18 months but now think that might be too late. This is all so crazy to me that we need to plan this far ahead just to get our children into a good school.
One of my friends reported that she signed her daughter up for preschool while still pregnant. Another put her daughter on the wait list for a preschool when she was 9 months old. The i have another friend who hasn't even looked into daycare yet.
Do I have to start thinking about that already? I don't even really know my daughter and yet I am planning her future.
The preschool that we are most interested in only has 20 kids in the 3 year old room so it might be quite tough to get her in there. So I will try for sure but will need to have a back up plan.
For those that have been there done that, when should I really start actively looking at preschools? I was thinking I would start at 18 months but now think that might be too late. This is all so crazy to me that we need to plan this far ahead just to get our children into a good school.
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