In the beginning
After timidly stepping around the corner of the brick building, fidgeting in line and pretending I was just another parent happily signing up my child for a class . . . . I find out this is what a preschool room looks like.
The very room my son will be going to a couple days a week starting in the fall.
The school has a good reputation among everyone I've talked to. The class size is less than 10 students. The teacher has a Master's Degree. The Man-cub will learn (I hope) how to follow instructions, take turns and mold Play-Doh without eating it.
So why was my stomach churning so much I couldn't eat dinner?
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posted by Holly at 5:51 PM
20 Comments:
It looks like such a wondrous place! A place of adventure, learning, friendships ... it is so hard to see them grow up and become independent.
He will rock preschool.
You will enjoy the time with the little one.
Great PSF! I remember having the same thoughts when my oldest started preschool. This is his last year, he'll be in K. next year, and I'm so not ready for him to become a big kid and leave the preschool that I love!!
the room looks great I think that small children can make a adventure out of most rooms the learn in but that one looks like so much fun, great pitures
That looks like a GREAT classroom! Very inviting and fun! It is so hard watching them grow up so fast! Where does the time go?
My son went to a preschool that was held in the basement of a wonderful woman in our area. Everyday he'd walk around the back and down the stairs. I would watch his every move, making sure he made to the door and didn't get snatched on the way (all of ten feet from the car).
He's eleven now and he walks to school and to his friends' houses and to scouts. And I pretend not to watch him as often as I do.
The classroom looks wonderful. I'm sure you will both have a great experience.
Oh, it's soooo hard to let those babies go! But those couple hours of freedom are sooooo worth it! heehee!
I've just started going to the gym and I leave my daughter at the childcare area while I am there. I swear I wanted to take a picture of her the first day. It was very traumatic for me. Letting our babies grow up is so hard.
Sometimes those big steps are big for the parents too. He's going to be fine.
And so are you.
It will go smoothly and he will love it - it will be terrific for *both* of you. My oldest son went last year, and my 3 y/o is at the same co-op preschool this year. We just love it and find it's fabulous for everyone :-)
He will love it mom. Just make sure you have a friend waiting outside the school for you so she can keep you busy. I've already got mine lined up for this fall so I don't lay on the sidewalk in the fetal position waiting till my baby gets out of kindergarten.
oh I know that feeling well
I have these feelings....but it's about kindergarten for my twins.
It looks like your little guy is going to be in a wonderful environment for pre-school in the fall. Change is hard, though. I still feel a twinge of regret when I drop my boy off at school...and I've been doing so for 8 months.
In the end, it will be good for both of you. Don't worry!
-Francesca
I seriously had to hold back tears when my daughter started preschool. :)
I am already fearing that feeling. But kids adjust better than we do, and I know he will too!
Because you're a Mama and you'll miss your boy, even though he'll be totally fine...better than fine. I cried like a baby the first time I left Miss M at preschool, then the first day of Kindergarten. I suspect I will be crying again when I leave K with her in July for him to start Kindergarten. This growing up is heart-breaking for mommies, but a great adventure for our kids.
Probably for the same reason I flinched and felt a churn in my tummy just by reading the dreaded word preschool.
Good luck!
My kids are all grown and every year when summer ended my stomach would tie up in knots and I'd cry as they went off to school
I wish I could say that feeling goes away. I am the mom that always takes the longest to drop my kids off. I stay and watch even though they are perfectly happy.
I picked up that paperwork this week to register my oldest for kindergarten. He has never gone to preschool so we're both in very new territory. I'm seriously freaked out but pretending not to be because I want him to be happy and excited.
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