I realized I hadn't blogged about how preschool was going. We finished the first semester on a high note of good parent-teacher conferences. It was a really nice chance to connect with some of the parents.
This week we started our second (longer) semester. I am currently full, and not accepting any new students. I have a waiting list on Wednesdays. I have balanced out the two classes by switching some of the kids, and now even my more challenging kids are improving. We added four new kids this week, and it's a little crazy and bustling but under control, so that's good.
Today, we had several neat moments. At one point during worktime, I looked around and all the kids were busy and engaged and I was able to sit down and do some one-on-one work with several different children. At art we let them loose with scissors and glue, and it was fascinating to see what resulted - even the ones with very little scissoring skill were intent and worked carefully for a long time. And in the playground, one child was sad. Two children went up to him without being asked and said, "I'll be your friend. Come play with me." So that was cool.
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