As many of you know by now, I am venturing out into the work world. I will begin teaching preschool the day after Labor Day at HillDale Christian School. I have been so excited about this part of God's wonderful plan for me. I am very much looking forward to it. Last friday night, we had a dinner meeting with all the teachers and the principle where we all received our class list. I have 8 kids in my class, and I finally know their individual names, which has made it more real! I can now pray for them all by name! After talking with each of the teachers about the students that had been placed in their perspective classrooms, one of the teachers offered up a piece of advice 
about one of the boys in my class. She knows this family personally and has told me that he is VERY attatched to his Mommy, and will probably have a really hard time adjusting to school. So basically, I see myself having to pull him apart from his Mom every Tuesday and Thursday! Something I don't want to do! I, myself, have never had to deal with this because my kids were always happy to go to school. As a matter of fact, Ryan used to cry to GO because we'd drop off his big sister and not him. I guess if it had been an issue I had to deal with, I would have been heartbroken to see my child screaming and reaching for me as I left the buildin. So if this sweet little precious boy has separation issues when the first days of school starts, so be it. I will do my best to make him feel comfortable and earn his trust. Hopefully if won't last long. My main concern is also making the parents feel at ease with leaving their babies with me. After all, they are only 2 and 3 year olds!!!
2 2 SNAPS UP~YOU GO GIRL!:
Well Lane did this! It wasn't so bad that it happened every day but there were a couple mornings the principal had to rip him out of my arms and drag him off. Lane of course was older than these children and he has always been strong. So when I say drag...I mean drag. LMAO Anyway...it was horrible for me to see this. The principal, who is very sweet and loving, said it makes it worse if the parent hangs around. She would ask me to please leave and she would make sure he was fine. Of course she did and once I was gone... out of sight (Out of mind) he was fine. Thank god this only lasted a couple weeks. So...even if it's hard for the parent to leave( I know I have been there)....make sure they understand it's the best way to handle this. If the kid sees the parent it will never end and the kid will never calm down! So hanging around to make sure he calms down is NOT the answer. You know all this though. Remember that little boy we watched at church. He was fine until he saw his momma! LMAO
Again..Lane was much older when he went off to school. It might take something different with these little guys! GOOD LUCK!
oh girl..this is my two year old. Even going to the same room at the church twice a week is not enough. He has gotten better, he only cries for about 10 minutes and then he is fine. What doesn't help is that we are at church right during his nap time. So this only compounds the issue. What works for my boy is playing..getting down on the floor with him and playing. Or they take him out in a stroller. You won't have that luxury since you will be by yourself. even if you could. This may not be the best thing. You want to finish the way you start. Because when we go to drop Jorge off at his room, he immediately and willingly hops in the stroller that is sitting outside of the room. I don't want those poor girls to have to do that every time. They have enough workers, but still. He can handle an hour without me. I as the mom, am used to it. I am sad, but I know as your friend said, its much better to leave than try to hang around. What also helps me is that when I do drop him off the worker is very kind and says, "its okay, Jorge." and then looks at me and (maybe she lies straight to my face) says, "oh he will be fine in few minutes." thats all I need to hear. I have droped him off with one worker that just looked frustrated. I went to the director and asked if I could put him in another room. She wasn't any comfort to me, I couldn't imagine what she would be for him. I think its a balance of tender firmness. "Jorge, it's okay. Ooh look at this..." I think the repitition helps. Twice a week with you and eventually they will get it. I don't think Jorge has an issue with object permanance, he knows Im going to come back, rather its the pain that I went away. So distraction is the name of the game. And that tenderness, which Im sure you will have no problems with. One teacher even suggested that we take pictures of the room, hallway leading up to the room, and that on the way to church we explain what is going to happen. And then a picture of the teacher and then at the end a picture of us picking him up. We didn't do it, but it sounded great! ha! have fun.
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