Having seen the lovely presentation put together by another preschool parent in honor of Chinese New Year, I boldly volunteered to bring a little of the culture of my people to the kids for Purim. And then these things happened:…
Category: toddlerhood
conversation about god and other pronouncements
Driving home at dusk, the street lights are on. There are a few clouds in the darkening sky. Jonah says: There are two eyes in the sky. There is someone in the sky and he is saying something. God is…
just a day
Need to get back into the habit of writing more often. Start with today, see what happens? Tonight I went to my first “Parents Action Group” meeting at the preschool. Maybe an agenda item should have been what to rename…
plane trip
Jonah’s been really into playing airplane travel lately. He gets my camera bag — which is about the size of a carryon for a toddler, and hangs it over his arm. Sometimes he fills it with the coins from his…
cirque du soleil’s ovo with toddler: yes we can
Alt title: Cirque du Icantbelievehesatstillthewholetime My hope is that some other parent who is out there googling cirque with toddler or ovo take my 2-year-old? will come across this post and get half price tickets and some courage. There wasn’t…
the preschool diaries: we’re not out of the woods yet
Today was rough. He was fine about arriving WITH me. He immediately tried out about four different activities in five minutes. But as soon as I made my move to go, he turned into a screaming gluey monkey, wild-eyed, clinging…
the preschool diaries: transition completed?
On Friday, Jonah had his first full day, 8:30-3. It took some convincing for him to stay there without me. The bells helped. Anyone who has been in a Montessori preschool will recognize these bells. I am curious myself as…
the preschool diaries: transition week
We have officially survived the first week of Transition. Transition isn’t over yet, but rather continues into next week, one of the many reasons why I like this preschool. Yesterday was Day 3. We arrived at 8:45 a.m., the first…