My daughter, Anna turned 3 in June and this has gotten Justin and me thinking about preschool. I had received a plethora of opinions on the topic and felt like I really needed to do my own research to see where I really stand.
I went today to a fairly new, but pretty affluent preschool nearby, where a friend of mine teaches, to get some information and they ended up taking Anna, Sawyer and I on a tour. This place was awesome! Each room had a theme based on a children's book and the lesson plans were posted on the door. These plans were described by the head of this school as being, "highly structured and highly academic." Two things we are looking for!
All this being said, the place was awesome, but probably out of our price range. The part of the day that really got me thinking, was when we were in the 4 year old room, with the kids while they were doing Learning centers. I can only assume that I was totally and completely beaming. The tour guide said, "Wow, it looks like you miss it." It, being teaching. I thought about this, and even though I miss teaching, it wasn't teaching that made me beam. It was school. At the risk of sounding like a total geek, I still must say it. School is Awesome! I love it and always have! The sense of community in a classroom, the excitement of learning and trying new things, the change of a new teacher every year, then every class period, the relationships, the playing, the opportunities to try, succeed at and even fail at, new things! I cannot wait for my little ones to experience it! I will be right beside them all the way to try and make sure they have a positive experience, and that they also learn from the tough days too.
I truly believe someday I will return to teaching, and probably teaching Spanish:) one of my passions, but for awhile, I will be content experiencing school through the eyes of my kids:)
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