Simon's First week of preschool

The first week of Simon's preschool was a transition time for everyone. Jessie and Lillian got to spend some quality time together and work on getting into their own routine. Alan and I had to get used to not being able to check on Simon during the day or be as intimately involved in his activities. And Simon, well he had the biggest change!

Simon did great his first week. He was fine getting dropped off in the morning and the first three days I had to drag him out of the sand box to go home because he didn't want to leave. So far he will not answer many questions about school, though he will sometimes jump into conversation with something random that we realize came from school (ex: "Turtles like pizza!" Ah, they must have read about teenage mutant ninja turtles).  Friday was the only morning he had trouble getting dropped off: He got caught up in the morning routine and I started to leave with just a wave and a 'bye' and he came running after me yelling "You forgot to give me a hug!"  Even on Friday when I picked him up we had a disagreement - I told him he was coming home with me, he told me he was going to the playground with his friends (and the sandbox). 

The drop off routine: When he first gets to school at 7:30 he is one of the first kids there. He washes his hands (make a soap glove, then rinse and dry), moves his attendance magnet to 'in school' and his lunch magnet to 'school lunch' then get gets to play while the rest of the kids come in. Everyone is at school by 8:30 and they start their class. They do classes with other teachers: music one time a week, art two times a week and gym once a week. In addition they have playground time two times a day (in the gym if it's rainy or cold), they have a library and reading times, they have so many toys and paints and colors. It's a pretty great classroom. The teacher sent us some pictures of the first week. Here are the ones that have Simon in them.

Breakfast, lunch and snack are part of the pre-k tuition
so Simon will often have second breakfast when he gets to school. 

They have nap time every day and kids that don't nap have quite play.
He took his first nap on Friday and was such a happy boy Friday evening.

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