Caleb had his first day of school on Monday, the 31st of August. The night before, we picked out his clothes, got his book bag ready, and set the alarm clock for 6am.
He was so excited.
And just in case you didn't know, we had a typhoon that hit on Monday. It wasn't too bad that morning, but got much worse and school was ultimately released early for full time students (not us).
Caleb went right up to the cubbie with his name on it. I was so proud that he recognized his name.
This is the sign outside his classroom. He's not in preschool, but it's called PSCD, which is a classroom just for kids with speech delays. He goes 5 days a week from 7:30 to 10:00. He really likes Ms. Anna, the assistant teacher.
The first day was a bit chaotic. Caleb, at one point, yelled at me, "Go mom, you can go now" and then once his name was called to join the other children, he started crying, "I go home now mommy, I go home" while he's pulling on my pant leg. When I went to pick him up, I asked the teacher how his day was and he said, "Caleb is very willful, but responds well to redirection." Hum...what a nice way to say that child of yours is stubborn!! I think I will use that word forever to describe him. "Willful" that he is!! Anyway, it has gotten better everyday. The second day there were not tears. However, he was put in time out for not cleaning up his toys before going outside (which he told me all about and I didn't hear it from the teacher). Today was the third day and Shawn was able to go with us to drop off. This time there were tears, but not Caleb's.
Caleb really seems to enjoy his class and his classmates. One of the little girls, McKenzie, gave him a hug good-bye today (such a ladies man). The week is going by so fast!!!
3 comments:
Who had the tears if it wasn't Caleb? I'm assuming it was Shawn. Preschool is good stuff!
I can still remember Shawn's first day in school!!
Loving the pictures. Your doing great Mom.
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