Montessori - contd...

Day 2 and 3 went ok - not bad. Yesterday she cried when Daddy dropped her off at school and she just started to cry when I went to pick her up, but stopped as soon as she was in my arms. Not bad - she did keep saying "go home soon - school bye bye" But she did not fuss over it - just tried to convince us that we shouldnt send her to school :)
This morning, as soon as I got her shoes out and told her that it was time to get ready for school, she took her shoes and put them away and curled up in my arms. She was kind of complaining, but not really crying. We sang together, I explained to her that should would go to school and have fun - meet with her teach Ms. Martha and the other kids - that she will get to go and play outside on the slide. After a while she seemed to calm down.When it was time to go she was actually excited about being in her car seat - I know YEAH....
When Daddy got to school though Arya was in tears from the moment they got out of the car, but she did not fight it. I guess she doesnt hate it, but just doesnt want to be away from home.
Today, when I went to pick her up, she came hopping - jumping - skipping with a smile on her face. Although as soon as she saw me - she ran saying "all done bye bye - go home now" But she did not cry at all. I love this place - Children Today Montessori - they have been so nice and Arya is doing so much better here than she did at the other place....

Tomorrow she gets to stay 9 am to 11 am. I am thinking that 1st of July I will let her stay until 1230 like she is supposed to from next week. Three day weekend after that for her to recover if she needs to.....

I am so glad that we found a place that we feel comfortable leaving Arya at. The staff and teachers are very nice.

Day 1 Montessori

Take 2... 06/27/2011

We removed Arya from the Daycare and enrolled her into Montessori. Today was her first day - she did pretty well. She wasnt happy to be left alone without mommy and daddy, but she didnt seem to be miserable either. We peeked on her every now and then for the 1 hour she was there. She stayed close to one of the teachers and did the activities she was asked to do. But after 1 hours when they got her back to us, she did cry for less than a minute. It was mostly " Daddy, Mommy... "with a few seconds of crying and then "Go home. All done... Bye" But when we told her that she would becoming back tomorrow, she didnt get upset. That is a big thing. In the other daycare, she absolutely did not want to come back and when I had asked her if she had fun, she clearly had said "NO". Today when we asked her if she had fun, she said "had fun, go home now"

Tomorrow she goes back for 1 hour 15 mins... This is the transition week. From next week she will be going until 12:30 pm. My little girl is going to school..

She seems to be doing much better this time around - the teachers were very good and the transition week makes so much sense...

Tomorrow is another day.....

Day care sucked!!

So the daycare sucked. 2 days and Arya was not only sick but very upset. She was not happy and became very clingy after the first 2 days in daycare. So we pulled her out - she seemed to shut down in daycare and didnt really cry much but when she came home, she did not want to leave the house. I know that she needs to go to daycare so that she can socialize with kids her but not sure if I am ok with the price she is having to pay.... Maybe I am overreacting, but I did not give up my career of choice so she can be sad...

Well, so we have been looking at a few Montessori schools. Their philosophy seems to be more in line with our thoughts. Once we finalize on a Montessori school, she will start off with a transition week where she will go for 1 hour the first day and slowly increase through the week. After that she will only stay until noon and then we will move her to full day.

I hope that this will work better with her... Her interaction right now is mostly adults except the few kids at Gymboree....

I will post more once we pick the school for her...