preschool

Preschool Beginning (Again)

Today’s the day. I’ll be taking my Googy Bear off for her first day at the new school. The start days are staggered so she’ll only be going one day this week and then doing Monday to Wednesday next week. I’m glad. It makes it less traumatic for both of us I think. I’m dreading [...]

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Preschool Preparations

We went shopping on the weekend. One backpack. One lunch box. One snack box. One drink bottle. We already have all of those things from last year. But I thought it would be fun for Riley to get involved in the preparations and pick out her own stuff for the year. She chose an Angry [...]

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Mourning Montessori

I obsess about decisions in relation to Riley’s school. Even a small decision seems like a big one. I have really loved Riley’s preschool. After the initial period of adjustment, she has been doing so well. She’s bonded with the teachers and she’s even started to mention other friends there by name. Which says to [...]

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Things a 3 Year Old Shouldn’t Have to Deal With

A three year old shouldn’t have to remind herself that she’s nice or that she’s good because other people are telling her otherwise A three year old shouldn’t start panicking in the morning over whether she has two lunch boxes or a lunch box and a smaller container for snacks becaue someone has been giving [...]

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Beyond Evidence That Would Suggest Otherwise

Riley can commit to an idea pretty quickly. And once she’s committed. That’s it. Whatever is in her head is pretty hard to shake. If anything, over time she just becomes more invested in her own commitment. She is that stubborn. But it’s not just about stubbornness, not really. It’s about imagination. If she says [...]

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You Could Take Too Long

This is what Riley says to me about preschool. That she misses me because I took too long. It sounds innocent enough and I’ve been trying to teach her that if she focuses her attention on something else the time will go more quickly and she won’t miss me as much but it’s hard when [...]

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Being Certain

Ever since I was pregnant, strangers have been judging me. Apparently you become public property once you have a baby, even just on the inside. And it only gets worse once they are born. Strangers will judge you if you breastfeed or if you don’t. Strangers have asked me if I breastfeed, which is also [...]

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The Preschool Drop Off

It doesn’t matter how much you prepare yourself for it, you’re just never going to be ready. I was expecting a little bit of resistance to going to school. Our first attempt last week Riley was initially fine but then got upset after I left and was upset off and on so I went and [...]

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First Day of Preschool

Two years ago (well nearly two years ago – two years ago tomorrow) I posted my first entry when Riley was just a little over a year. Still a baby. There she is back then. I still think that her belly was just glorious. It was one of the first times she had fallen asleep on [...]

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Preschool Panic

Riley starts preschool at the beginning of next term on the 18th July. From 9am – 3pm on Monday and Tuesday and 9am – 12pm on Wednesday. I’m trying not to panic. It’s not working. Why isn’t it working?! To introduce her to the classroom and the environment, on Friday she had lunch there. It [...]

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