Friday, September 26, 2008

To preschool, or not to preschool,

That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to be taught outside the home or within.
Anyway, that was what we were begining to wonder about, it all came to a head yesterday. We've been noticing that Davin is often more aggressive towards Eme on days he has preschool (i.e. they fight A LOT) then on his off days. On Wednesday, after a particularly rough afternoon, he told me how one of the kids ate all of his snacks today (the said little boy got a time-out for it), and he often fights Davin for the toys.
We spent the day trying to decide what to do, since we pay at the begining of the month, we had to decide quickly. After all, I could teach Davin and Eme together in our own little preschool. I could do it for 2 hours, 3 days a week. Yes, I could, but the question eventually became should I? When faced with two equally good choices, we, of course, turned to prayer.
And the answer was both; maybe the aggression was from boredom, not frustration. So, we'll try implementing a little more structure into our days (our days have gotten very lax lately-blame it on the baby): on Tuesdays/Thursdays we'll start with 1 hour, and build to 2, of our own little school, and on M/W/F, we'll do more together. We'll see how it all goes, wish us luck.

2 comments:

Liz said...

The best of luck Lynn
Here are a few favorite websites that i refer to with my kids.
http://stepbystepcc.com/themes.html
learningpage.com
and starfall.com for their great reading program and papers to print.

Julie said...

You are so awesome. Honestly, if ANYONE can be a good Mom/Preschool teacher with her kids it is you, you just have the knack.
Now, get out there and prove me right! (of course you will)