A day in the life.....: PreK

About a year ago Alec moved up from the preschool room at daycare to the preK room. There was no pomp and circumstance around it. I dropped him off in the morning and he was in preschool…I came to get him – he was in preK –just like that. It made me feel so sad as I saw other parents posting pictures on Facebook of their kids going off to Nursery School or preK last fall. I felt like I was somehow failing Alec that since he was in daycare he didn’t get to have those special moments. Yes, friends, I do know that the only one disappointed was really me. He didn’t care- he was just excited to be in a new room. And the guilt of daycare…well that is a whole other blog. I will just say that although it is not for everyone – it does Alec (and I) more good than bad.

I digress….

Fast forward a year and I get to have a little moment all my own. Yay! Although Alec did not change daycares – they moved the preK class out of the center and into the main building with a new teacher. I am happy about this because I was really sad (guilt) that he would have to spend 2 years in the same room doing/repeating the same curriculum all over again. Hence the reason we were looking for new schools. Mind you, I was not worried about it from an educational standpoint, he’s a bright kid- he’ll figure it out, but from a ‘boring’ standpoint. Bored kids have enough time to cause trouble. Plus I really like this new (to us) teacher. She had subbed in other classrooms in the past and she really relates well to the kids. Sweet!

Today –they started in their new classroom. And I got to get my ‘it’s a big deal’ pictures! :)

I had to laugh at myself as I followed him outside with the camera because I wanted to choose a place I could take his picture for the next 13 years. Ridiculous I know.

And he stood still for none. ;)

And the classroom;. they haven’t finished it yet but it is coming along nicely. There is a separate room that has all the toys for free play. I really like that. They have birds and goldfish and plants to take care of and lots of fun new thing to explore! And they still have swimming lessons on Wednesday mornings.