Our home visit for preschool is over. I'm not sure if Nolan's teachers got to see what they wanted. I think they may have wanted to see Nolan more one-on-one in his home environment, but Nathan and Natalie were both awake when they were here, so it was mainly some running around the house, an attempt for coloring between Natalie and Nolan (which didn't last long), and then the kids brought me some oatmeal to fix them and Nolan picked out some Pop-tarts to eat. The teachers asked if there was anything in particular that we wanted Nolan to learn at preschool. Matt and I told them that we mainly wanted the social aspect of things with the preschool. We told them that Nolan is a very bright child and told them how he could recognize every letter before age 2 and that he is counting to 200 in English and at to least 30 in Spanish. They said that 2 other parents had mentioned that they had bright children as well, but I think we floored them with the aforementioned information we told them. Not to sound like the "mother crow", but I am apprehensive that Nolan will be bored with some of the things they will "learn" in preschool since he's pretty smart already. I'm hoping they will work on some writing and reading as well, but I didn't ask. My neighbor's child starts kindergarten this year at the same school. She said that the school really emphasized reading, and that her son's teacher said the kids should be reading on their own by the end of kindergarten. So it appears this is a very nice school.
The kids will get to go outside at least twice a day, weather permitting, to a little playground that is right outside the classroom. This will be great, since I will once again be hindered for energy and the ability to keep up with the kids once the new baby arrives. Nolan's first day will be next Thursday. The teachers encourage parents to stay the first day, but I know this would be an impossible task for me, so he's gonna be on his own....which I hope he won't mind.
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