Today was Wuby's first day of preschool!!! We wavered about sending her all summer but decided 2 weeks ago to sign her up after she tried to hide at Noah & Carter's school in hope of me "forgetting" her there so she could go to school 
too. So Landon and Wuby started at the preschool next to the boys' school today. We decided to change from the Preschool the boys attended to the new one because we wanted Wuby to meet some kids that she will be going to Kindergarten with and to save in gas! It is so nerve wracking to start a new preschool because you don't know who the "crazy, mean, or neurotic" teachers are and how to avoid your child getting them. I was very surprised that that both Landon and Wuby's teachers seemed very attentive and extremely competent. Also the format is different from the old preschool in that they have 15 to a class with 2 teachers which more closely resembles the 25 to 1 teacher and 1 aide per class that our Elementary school offers. The large class size makes me nervous since Carter had only 7 in his class last year. Plus I am concerned that the larger class size will too closely resemble the school at the orphanage and more "orphanage behaviors" will resurface as Wuby feels that she needs to vie for extra attention and privileges from the teacher. We have some issues with the special favors at church since everyone knows she was adopted and wants to lavish her with love and attention (we are so glad everyone loves her...don't' get me wrong). We have discussed the possibility of these manipulative behaviors with the preschool teacher and tried to make it very clear that Wuby needed to follow the rules the same as everyone else and was to get no extra privileges out of sympathy. We also talked to Wuby about having to share the teacher, sit down and listen to the story, and that it is not okay to touch the teacher unless the teacher is giving a hug (little issue with this at story time today when she touched the librarians breasts while they sang the "I love you" in skita ma rink e dink) It all sounds a little strict (and paranoid), I know, but I really want her to succeed in school without manipulative "cute" behavior. She really has been doing wonderfully for a few months now and we haven't seen the manipulative behaviors as much but with the new situation we are ready in case the behavior resurface. So back to the action of the first day...she was very excited to go to school today and ran right into her class with a big smile. She seemed to have a good time until all of the parents came in for a classroom meeting and she got a little overwhelmed and was ready to leave but she wants to go back again!!! She is such a big girl!!!
too. So Landon and Wuby started at the preschool next to the boys' school today. We decided to change from the Preschool the boys attended to the new one because we wanted Wuby to meet some kids that she will be going to Kindergarten with and to save in gas! It is so nerve wracking to start a new preschool because you don't know who the "crazy, mean, or neurotic" teachers are and how to avoid your child getting them. I was very surprised that that both Landon and Wuby's teachers seemed very attentive and extremely competent. Also the format is different from the old preschool in that they have 15 to a class with 2 teachers which more closely resembles the 25 to 1 teacher and 1 aide per class that our Elementary school offers. The large class size makes me nervous since Carter had only 7 in his class last year. Plus I am concerned that the larger class size will too closely resemble the school at the orphanage and more "orphanage behaviors" will resurface as Wuby feels that she needs to vie for extra attention and privileges from the teacher. We have some issues with the special favors at church since everyone knows she was adopted and wants to lavish her with love and attention (we are so glad everyone loves her...don't' get me wrong). We have discussed the possibility of these manipulative behaviors with the preschool teacher and tried to make it very clear that Wuby needed to follow the rules the same as everyone else and was to get no extra privileges out of sympathy. We also talked to Wuby about having to share the teacher, sit down and listen to the story, and that it is not okay to touch the teacher unless the teacher is giving a hug (little issue with this at story time today when she touched the librarians breasts while they sang the "I love you" in skita ma rink e dink) It all sounds a little strict (and paranoid), I know, but I really want her to succeed in school without manipulative "cute" behavior. She really has been doing wonderfully for a few months now and we haven't seen the manipulative behaviors as much but with the new situation we are ready in case the behavior resurface. So back to the action of the first day...she was very excited to go to school today and ran right into her class with a big smile. She seemed to have a good time until all of the parents came in for a classroom meeting and she got a little overwhelmed and was ready to leave but she wants to go back again!!! She is such a big girl!!! 
1 comments:
Shannon said...
Wubi is such a doll Kimberly!!!