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8 years ago
September 18, 2011
Shoes!!
Kendall's latest obsession. It doesn't matter if they belong to her or not, or if they match, or if they're even on the right feet. She just wants to wear them!
School is Cool
We're 3 weeks into the school year, and Kendall is having a blast. According to her teachers, she's entertaining everyone with her silly side, and charming them with her sweet and loving side. She's also had a chance to explore the arts through painting and drawing, which is something that we really haven't done much of to date.
I love that we get notes about each day, and that the teachers send an update at the end of each week with information on the activities that took place, what was learned and what books were read. We also get photos, which is great way to allow us to see just exactly what Kendall does while she's at school. I love to see her interacting with other kids, and enjoying her time. She keeps wanting to go back, so I think that she's enjoying herself!
I love that we get notes about each day, and that the teachers send an update at the end of each week with information on the activities that took place, what was learned and what books were read. We also get photos, which is great way to allow us to see just exactly what Kendall does while she's at school. I love to see her interacting with other kids, and enjoying her time. She keeps wanting to go back, so I think that she's enjoying herself!
September 1, 2011
First Day of School
We start early around here. At 19 months of age, we decided that it was time for Kendall to hit the books and enrolled her in school. OK, I'm kidding. Sort of.
Over the past few months two things had become apparent:
1. Kendall was ready for a preschool type setting where she could socialize
2. I needed to work more
So, we started visiting daycares and I have to say that we were completely underwhelmed. The daycare options near our home and offices were for the most part extremely expensive and not places that I was jumping to send our baby. They were all OK, but nothing that really had me excited.
The last place that we visited was the Aspirations School of Learning. The school uses the Italian Reggio Emilio approach to teaching. It's a brand new center, clean and organized, and offers a variety of programs in art and music that are included in the monthly tuition. And, it's right down the street from Dan's office. I was sold. We signed Kendall up that day for the Monday/Wednesday/Friday toddler program.
Fast forward a couple of months, and the school year has arrived. Monday was the first day of school. Kendall is in Room Cinque (for those of our handful of readers not named Carla Menchini, that's Italian for "five") with her teachers, Miss Megan and Miss Radha. I had been worried about how she would adjust to the new surroundings, but before we left the house, I was able to reassure myself that her heart-melting smile would carry her through:
Seriously, what kid smiles like this?!?!
Anyways, although the school has a formal approach to teaching, days in room Cinque are appropriately filled with playing, snacking, napping and making friends. I love that the teachers prepare notes for the parents at the end of each day. Our first note read, "Kendall had lots of fun in the house in the yard. She also had fun chatting with her stuffed doggie until it was time to wake up".
Obviously she's going to be just fine.
Over the past few months two things had become apparent:
1. Kendall was ready for a preschool type setting where she could socialize
2. I needed to work more
So, we started visiting daycares and I have to say that we were completely underwhelmed. The daycare options near our home and offices were for the most part extremely expensive and not places that I was jumping to send our baby. They were all OK, but nothing that really had me excited.
The last place that we visited was the Aspirations School of Learning. The school uses the Italian Reggio Emilio approach to teaching. It's a brand new center, clean and organized, and offers a variety of programs in art and music that are included in the monthly tuition. And, it's right down the street from Dan's office. I was sold. We signed Kendall up that day for the Monday/Wednesday/Friday toddler program.
Fast forward a couple of months, and the school year has arrived. Monday was the first day of school. Kendall is in Room Cinque (for those of our handful of readers not named Carla Menchini, that's Italian for "five") with her teachers, Miss Megan and Miss Radha. I had been worried about how she would adjust to the new surroundings, but before we left the house, I was able to reassure myself that her heart-melting smile would carry her through:
Seriously, what kid smiles like this?!?!
Anyways, although the school has a formal approach to teaching, days in room Cinque are appropriately filled with playing, snacking, napping and making friends. I love that the teachers prepare notes for the parents at the end of each day. Our first note read, "Kendall had lots of fun in the house in the yard. She also had fun chatting with her stuffed doggie until it was time to wake up".
Obviously she's going to be just fine.
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