Preschool Open House

Last week we got an e-mail about an open house at Cason's preschool. My first thought was "what's to see? They're two!" But Kelly was off that day (yesterday) so I told him about it and he said "of course we'll go". So after dinner, we headed back to his preschool to check it out.

We walked in and Cason showed us the card with his picture on it that he finds in the mornings and puts in a special place over by their circle time mat. Then we just kind of stood around for a bit and asked Cason questions like "where do you read stories?" and "where do you eat lunch?" Then Ms. Carolyn rang a bell and sang the clean up song and told all the kids to find a place to sit on their circle time mat. Their circle time mat is a big mat with clouds on it and the border has squares. Each square has a letter of the alphabet. Ms. Carolyn explained to the parents that they do not have assigned places to sit but the kids all tend to sit in the same places every day. Cason sat on the H.

Then they went through their circle time, recognizing the kids' names on index cards and each kid would put their name next to their picture. They did the days of the week, sang songs about the days, talked about the month, and what day of the month it was. Then they sang the weather song and talked about what the weather was like that day. Then they dressed their Diego figure in the appropriate clothing. Then they sang a couple songs, all while incorporating numbers, colors, shapes, etc.

We were just impressed to see Cason follow instructions, sit quietly, pay attention, actively participate, and be social. Those are exactly the things we wanted him to develop by sending him to preschool. We also wanted him to play more independently, which I'm happy to say, he is so much better at. He still wants me in the room with him a lot but he's not glued to my side anymore and I feel like I can breathe again. Cason looked like such a big boy sitting on the mat and paying attention. We are so happy with our decision to send him to preschool, even if it's only for 3 hours a week.