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| DD lined up so nicelyl; But wrong school!!! | |
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| realeez | Sep 2 2008, 09:06 AM Post #1 |
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I took my boys for their first day of school and dd insisted on joining ds' class when they lined up. The principal and Rebbi thought it was a riot and after the principal invited dd to his office for a treat! |
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| zuncompany | Sep 2 2008, 09:40 AM Post #2 |
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so cute. I suspect Frei is going to be heartbroken when her boyz and Tevie go off to school and leave her at home next week. |
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| npl | Sep 2 2008, 11:10 AM Post #3 |
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So cute! I felt horrid not being able to wait with my ds on his first day, although he seemed confident enough walking to meet the other boys. I remember when I used to have to pick him up and drag him kicking and screaming out of dd's classroom when she was in JK! What will be interesting is to see how my youngest deals with having to leave school after lunchtime when some of the kids stay for the afternoon. I'm hoping his good friend is only 1/2 day, too, but I was so pleasantly surprised to see his mother that I forgot to ask her! |
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| realeez | Sep 2 2008, 11:14 AM Post #4 |
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My kids were never an issue leaving at noon when others stayed later but both put up a fuss staying longer (and for one it was mandatory!) |
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| zuncompany | Sep 2 2008, 11:22 AM Post #5 |
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Yeah, Zu put up no fight about it and I totally expected it to be a hard hard issue. |
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| sauls_mom | Sep 2 2008, 11:44 AM Post #6 |
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we have the opposite- saul is staying for the first time full day (used to be 9-12 but now is 8:30- 5 or 530ish.) he never wanted to stay even though his friends all did |
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| rikal | Sep 2 2008, 12:10 PM Post #7 |
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B"H here there is no whole or half day option from 3 on. Here in gan you go in at 7:30 and out at 1:20. You can occasionally take them out early and bring them later than 8 only with good reason. No such thing as some leave and some stay. |
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| npl | Sep 2 2008, 12:41 PM Post #8 |
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Well, I got there and wondered if I was in the right place at the right time. One other mother came to the classroom door. When she found out they were the only two kids coming home after lunch, she said her daughter should stay. So now he is the only one coming home at 1pm. DH said just send him in the afternoon. DS thinks he'd like to come home. I'm feeling conflicted. They don't rest or nap (20 seconds, said the teacher!) and he does sometimes need a nap. And he is a little reticent about leaving me, so I'm not convinced that it's the right thing for him at the moment. The teacher was fine with whatever we decide, and said that we can change our mind and keep him full-day at a later date. DS and I will have to have a talk this week, and see what he wants. I guess I'll also see if he falls asleep in the afternoons (he sometimes naps, but then he doesn't go to bed till very late, which disturbs his brother). I thought we had resolved this issue, but I didn't think he'd be the only kid going home early. |
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| sauls_mom | Sep 2 2008, 01:00 PM Post #9 |
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when we decided to send saul full days it was because almost none of the kids left at lunch starting in the 4s. we decided it would be long term easier on him to adjust to doing it now- with everyone else- vs later. |
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| npl | Sep 2 2008, 01:14 PM Post #10 |
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Saul's_Mom - I hadn't thought of that. With my older kid, there were quite a few who came home at lunchtime, and there was always a sibling home to play with. Right now, he's home on his own in the afternoon. He did turn on a dvd while I was eating, and fell asleep. I caught him quickly, and got him up with a drink of milk. Now he's playing downstairs, where I'm about to join him. I feel horrid saying I think I'm ready to have him stay full-day, and it would be much less of an issue if there were younger kids at home (so I wouldn't have the time to myself anyway). But, I guess being able to put more time into my business is an important investment. But, I don't want that to come at the expense of ds's needs. It's the whole reason I started my own business that was flexible enough to work from home whenever the hours suited me. |
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| JRKmommy | Sep 2 2008, 02:30 PM Post #11 |
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I think Yoni may take a bit of time to adjust. He's in full-day JK, but it was just "meet the teacher" today (which is why I have time to post). I like the fact that I spoke to the teachers and he's got "protekzia" - the main teacher hadn't met me before, but I let her know who the family was and she realized that she knows my ILs well. Apparently, her father had set up dh's aunt and uncle, and dh's other uncle had worked with her father in Israel. The teaching assistant is the same one that Jessica had - she remembered me being preg with Yoni. Maybe I'm silly, but I find it helpful when there's a bit of a connection with the teachers. Yoni may need that, because he's definitely a different child than his sisters - esp. my middle one Eliana. Eli is not only super-intelligent, but she's also the most independent kid around. For example, this morning they gathered the grade one students and had then go, class by class, to their classrooms. Eli marched off without a backward glance, and then I noticed that the other parents were actually following their kids to the class. When she started JK, she couldn't really understand why I was hanging around the first day, when parents are supposed to attend, or why she couldn't just attend the whole day, alone, from day one. She loves me - but sort of as a friend/provider of food and other goodies. She doesn't feel the need for mothering. Yoni was a different story. Unlike Eli, who acted like an adult at 3, Yoni has declared once again that he doesn't want to grow up and wanted to be a 3 yr old boy forever (he turned 4 this summer - reluctantly). He was briefly interested in playing with my friend's son long enough to cause a bit of trouble, but then resumed clinging to me. He refused snack, and started to snooze during circle. It's going to be a fun year. |
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| Zeesachaya | Sep 2 2008, 03:16 PM Post #12 |
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JRK - you are definitely not being silly to appreciate a connection between your child and the teacher they will have this semester. Teachers are known to have extra moments of time throughout the day to "touch base" with their students and if she already feels comfortable with your family she will be more forthcoming (both with information for you and for connecting to your daughter). |
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| Zeesachaya | Sep 2 2008, 03:16 PM Post #13 |
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How adorable! |
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| zuncompany | Sep 2 2008, 05:33 PM Post #14 |
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Tev is only going for two hours. This is to get the school used to him and his allergies and him used to being around others (huge trust issues). NONE of us are comfortable at this point having him even there for snack time. Zu went to 1 last year and will again this year. This is because otherwise he will melt down. He just can't handle it. After 1 they don't do learning anyway and its just free play. Well thats important, last year when we tried a full day nobody was happy. Here they go till 3:45 and he took a nap every afternoon at 1:30 so it just wouldn't work. He was the only one and it was never an issue at all. He never felt weird and the only time the kids made him feel uncomfortable was two kids started teasing him about missing a birthday celebration. This year its because he will be in speech and thats more important at this stage. I do not suspect it will be an issue this year either as again, after 1 the learning part of the day is over. Edited by zuncompany, Sep 2 2008, 05:34 PM.
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| npl | Sep 2 2008, 05:42 PM Post #15 |
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Zun - thanks for sharing your experience. Interesting to hear how he handled the situation. I was a little concerned that if he's the only one not there in the afternoon, not only will he not have any playdates, but he also will be excluded from the afternoon play, and might find it harder to find his place socially in the mornings. If a particular group like to play together in the afternoon, he might find it harder to fit into the group when they play in the mornings. If ds wasn't so close to dropping his nap, it would be much less of an issue. And to be honest, I'd really rather he did drop this nap, because the evening will be so much more predictable. But, while he adjusts, he might have a tough time with being tired and grumpy by the end of school. They do learn in the afternoon, but it's English letters, which he already is quite comfortable with, and he doesn't "need" the academics. This really wasn't an issue with the other kids - there were plenty who went home at lunchtime. And they both dropped their naps around age 2! |
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