Much to my shock and amazement, my baby boy has finished his first year of preschool. *Sob* He's practically grown and off to college:( Ok, maybe not; he still wears diapers most of the time, clings to his pacifier like it's a lifeline and will join me for a snuggle whenever I ask. We're still very proud of our Big Ben as he tucks his first year of education under his belt=)
This first year of preschool has been an incredible learning experience for all of us. As I've mentioned in the past, his school is a co-op that requires mucho parent-participation. Not only do we work in the classroom one day a week, but we also have jobs at the school(mine was to assist with the planning and execution of the social events for the school), we're required to attend monthly class-meetings/parenting classes, attend and work(HARD) at one of the various work-parties throughout the year, as well as do odd jobs in the classroom on our required weekend. It's been a bit overwhelming, but worth it once we focus on how much Ben has gotten from the experience. His speech-development has flourished, he's much more confident without us, has better social skills and is learning those all-important(at least in the minds of over-worried parents!) facts like his ABC's and 123's=) Dan and I have really learned a lot about Ben; about how to help facilitate his learning, nurture his emotional growth, respect him as the person he's growing into and how to focus on relationship-building with our children. Not only has it helped Ben speak more easily to us, but we've learned how to speak more effectively to him. It's totally been worth the price of tuition and Ben and I are very excited to come back in the fall!
Below is the only picture I took of him at school that day, plus a few cute snaps from the trip to the park after school.
Ben, in all his diapered-glory, playing with the trains outside. Anything goes at his school--clothes, no clothes, bare-feet, even in winter, jammies or costumes, weird hats...whateves. As long as you keep your diaper/underwear on, they don't mind!
This first year of preschool has been an incredible learning experience for all of us. As I've mentioned in the past, his school is a co-op that requires mucho parent-participation. Not only do we work in the classroom one day a week, but we also have jobs at the school(mine was to assist with the planning and execution of the social events for the school), we're required to attend monthly class-meetings/parenting classes, attend and work(HARD) at one of the various work-parties throughout the year, as well as do odd jobs in the classroom on our required weekend. It's been a bit overwhelming, but worth it once we focus on how much Ben has gotten from the experience. His speech-development has flourished, he's much more confident without us, has better social skills and is learning those all-important(at least in the minds of over-worried parents!) facts like his ABC's and 123's=) Dan and I have really learned a lot about Ben; about how to help facilitate his learning, nurture his emotional growth, respect him as the person he's growing into and how to focus on relationship-building with our children. Not only has it helped Ben speak more easily to us, but we've learned how to speak more effectively to him. It's totally been worth the price of tuition and Ben and I are very excited to come back in the fall!
Below is the only picture I took of him at school that day, plus a few cute snaps from the trip to the park after school.
Ben, in all his diapered-glory, playing with the trains outside. Anything goes at his school--clothes, no clothes, bare-feet, even in winter, jammies or costumes, weird hats...whateves. As long as you keep your diaper/underwear on, they don't mind!
Boys will be boys. He immediately found a cool stick to play with!
Filling up his water bottle
Getting braver on the swings! He asked me to put him in, and stayed in for 10 minutes. Daredevil;)
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Congrats Ben!
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