In a classic “I’m a mom so I have to second guess my choices” moment, on this the first day of school I’m questioning my decisions regarding S and pre-k.
Spencer was born in February, so while most of his friends are headed to kindergarten this year, he would be headed to VPK. However, he’s always been way ahead of the curve in learning, so I decided about six months ago that rather than send him to all-year pre-k, I would send him to summer-before-kindergarten pre-k so he gets the STRUCTURE of school immediately preceding the start of school rather than taking the summer off to forget how things go. His daycare is regulated heavily and she does work with him every day (and he has homework too, last year it was every Friday and now I’m being told it will be every night) so he’s basically working out of kindergarten workbooks now. He’s on the verge of being able to read (he can use deductive reasoning to figure out where the Applesauce and the mac and cheese is on the kids menu, and spells out all signs). His handwriting is extremely good (although he decides when he wants to use capitals and lowercase arbitrarily) and while he’s been slow to color in the lines or draw freehand, he’s doing that now too. Math is a little bit more troublesome but he gets it, it just takes him a little longer. He’s better at word problems than straight math, oddly enough.
What I’m saying is, I know he’s doing good. And I’m sure that this decision is the right one for him. But … argh. You know what I mean. He needs to learn focus. He needs to learn structure and that he can’t always do things when he wants to (ooh, and saying “please” is delightful but it doesn’t mean you automatically get what you want). He needs to learn to listen the first time someone says something instead of the eighth when they’re yelling at you. And then he needs to not forget it before he gets to kindergarten.
I hope everyone’s first day of school went splendidly!
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1 comment:
Ditto, just replace the male pronouns with female ones. :) LOL. Some of that they learn in preK. Some of it they don't. Some of it will come with age. It's all good. He's a good kid, smart, bright, and he's already working on logic, which is AMAZING. You made the best choice for your kid. I think you're doing great. :)
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