He absolutely loves it! When I pick him up he wants to keep playing. He loves going in the morning and gets excited about playing with his friends. His teacher, Ms. Lucy, is amazing! Preschool ends at 2:45, but I usually don't get to pick him up until 4 or 4:30. Luckily, his teacher stays and does after care for the preschool kids so I get a chance to talk to her each day.
We've been working on spelling his name. These letter Legos are really cool! I bought them at Lakeshore and have used them in my own kindergarten classroom. Preston knows the letters of the alphabet really well, but we need to work on writing them. He had homework to write his name this week, so that's perfect!
Sometimes I bring him back to school with me, or he joins me in my class over the weekend. He loves the calendar. However, I think he likes the pointer more than anything. When I pick him up from school, he's almost always carrying around Ms. Lucy's pointer. The other day he told me he was looking for the eyes. Or the I's. Not sure which.
He likes to play on the computer. This is the first time he's used a mouse though, so he struggles a bit. I put him on ABC Mouse, Starfall, and Destination Reading. He loves it all! I have to help him a lot because he keeps clicking both buttons, but I've already noticed a big improvement. There are computers in his preschool class too!
I remember when he was a baby and I would bring him to school to get work done. Once he started crawling I would just be chasing him around or strapping him in the stroller with a snack, so not very productive. Now he plays with all the toys in my room and even cleans up after himself. He even helped me get my Fundations magnets ready during the first week of school. Fundations is awesome by the way.
The only problem we've had at preschool is that sometimes he doesn't take a nap. This isn't a new problem. It happens once in awhile at home and it happened sometimes last year with the sitter, but the end result is always the same. No nap = cranky, whiny, mess of a kid. We have a rule that if he didn't take a nap then he doesn't get to watch TV or a movie and he can't play on the tablet (he calls it the "game"). Sure, I could just let him watch a movie and not deal with Mr. Cranky. But then it would OK to not take a nap. He also falls asleep early and I don't get to hang out with him as long, so I love when he takes a nap. Being at work all day is hard and I cherish all the after-work time I get with him.
I'm excited to spend the weekend with my Hunny Bunny!
