Today I was supposed to work, but instead, my husband came home at 7:45 this am having stayed up almost all night on ambulance calls and fire alarms, and he was queasy on top of everything else. So, as he sleeps, I am trying to handle the business of the day. We have four issues currently, that I’m trying to handle in ONE morning. 1. We have trees hanging on our power lines; 2. We have a neighbor that has an open sewer pit in their front yard; 3. We have our ‘old’ phone line cable draping unattractively across the middle of our backyard, and need it removed, or instruction on how to do it correctly; and 4. I need to decide on a preschool arrangement for Gracie for fall.
I really don’t want Gracie going to 5-day 8-3 preschool yet. However, if I want to qualify for ‘free’ preschool, rather than $80/week preschool, that’s all I have to choose from. I don’t particularly want to put her into Head Start – I have heard nothing but bad things about it…so, I’m still looking. I think I may go ahead and put her into the full time, I guess she’ll be almost 5 and needs to get used to it – I just have a problem with the attendance requirement, that she cannot miss more than 10 days or she’s out of the program. That means no pulling her out to visit the grandparents, go on vacation, etc.
Advice?
well……..It depends on why you are putting her in preschool. It is nice to have sme extra quiter (I know it won’t be totally quiet because there’s still one more), but the primary reason for her to go is to get some socialization and group skills, and possibly because you want to give a little head start academically. I wanted my daughter to get the social skills and academic readiness. I didn’t need to do it because I was working is what I am trying to say. A few members of my church and I formed a small preschool group that met one day a week at my house ( sometimes we rotated). We purchased a curriculum and each of us took on a “teaching” duty. The kids were required to start at certain times and basically follow a school- like routine. It worked out very well and gave my daughter an experience that I think transitioned her well into Kindergarten. She is also in the top math and reading class. Not trying to toot!!! really!! But, I do think the lessons we taught gave her that extra boost. gee whiz, am I long winded or what?
forgive the spelling errors. No, I didn’t teach the spelling part