Oh noooo!
Shawna, did YOU talk with the teacher to ask for help with Jake on Monday? I know she'll have her hands full, but maybe she's got some tips.
Basically what I remember from daycare drop-offs, you want to keep your drop-off as quick as possible, don't linger and don't cave in to their unreasonableness. Remind them when you are coming back to get them (is it after lunch? After recess? Some kind of time marker for him) and be as confident and cheerful as possible.
Maybe there will be another neighbor kid in his class? Even if it's a girl, it will be someone he knows.
DS4 was crying and very clingy at the preschool drop-off at the beginning of the school year last year, and it broke my heart. But I knew (having gone through many daycare drop-offs with DS7) that it's a very brief phase they go through.
I sobbed my way through DS4's first day at preschool, then rushed to the school to pick him up. He was totally happy by then, of course (and I'd had a terrible 2.5 hours myself!) The next day he still cried but not as hard, and by the 3rd day it was like he was just putting on a show for my benefit, he really just wanted to go play with the kids.
Jake will be fine, kindergarten is very much like preschool so the routine will be familiar to him. I would have been nice to have a little 1-on-1 with the teacher beforehand so Jake could have said hi and spoken to her a bit. Ah, well. It may be bumpy on Monday, but it will get better!
yea well you listen to that cd over and over and over...
Oh, you DID get to talk with her about it! Oh, I'm so glad!
Yeah, I'm afraid DS4 will be in similar straits. Kids in his preschool are not from our neighborhood. But he does know a few kids in the neighborhood that are his age, because we've met them at the pool or through older siblings being in DS7's classes. I'm hoping at least one or two of these kids will wind up in his kindergarten class so I can say, "Ohhhhh look! So-and-so is in your class! You already know someone!"
Wow. Five boys? You gotta admire/pity women like that. (My dad is the last of 5 boys.)
I had a really sweet kindergarten teacher. I dont remember many other teachers through elementary school but I do remember her. She was so loving to all of us. Thank God Jake did not get the battleaxe!
Although with 17 boys maybe she should be. Here is the kicker. She said she has 5 boys at home so she is well equipped to handle the classroom. That made me feel much better.
That is a great idea. Oh, and at our old daycare, they had us bring in a family photo to post in their cubby so the child could see it throughout the day. Even if they can't post it at Jake's school, maybe you could give him little photo to keep in his jacket pocket or something?
Yeah, I'm afraid DS4 will be in similar straits. Kids in his preschool are not from our neighborhood. But he does know a few kids in the neighborhood that are his age, because we've met them at the pool or through older siblings being in DS7's classes. I'm hoping at least one or two of these kids will wind up in his kindergarten class so I can say, "Ohhhhh look! So-and-so is in your class! You already know someone!"
We went to pay preschool tuition this week, and while we waited the director went to get his preschool teacher, who will be the same one as last year. DS4 was sooo excited to see her, and she gasped that he'd grown so much already! She gave him a big hug and he practically vibrated with happiness!
Then the director said the teacher's assistant from last year was also going to be in the same class next year (Wow! Two for two!) and she was there also. So she came out to see DS4 as well, and he gave her a hug. He was nearly beside himself with happiness, and I was so relieved! Hopefully the beginning of this school year will be much, much easier than last fall. She said many of the same kids will be in class as well, including his special buddy.
I took her to the Hanna M. concert , all she said was she wanted to go...so I got tickets...on the day of the concert I waited until she was home from school and told her to get ready and I told her....
I waded among screaming little girls, witnessed tweens being let off at the curb to see the concert in heels and mini skirts...
My ears were done from the girls when the J.Bros. came out...and then she was ready to leave....I was like are you kidding me?, she only wanted to see the boys
Why am I picturing Jake in the back of the class with a group of boys chewing on bubblegum cigars, dealing out cards and saying "Gentlemen, deuces are wild"???
Once he gets going this will totally be him! With all the boys in the class I'm really hoping he makes a ton of friends quickly.
