Both of the teachers seem nice. They have been teaching together for 8 years. There are 10 kids in Carter's class (2 less than normal just because enrollment is down). There are 5 girls and 5 boys. About half the kids were in the PDO program last year. I talked to a few of the other moms and they were super nice. One family also moved here recently. They have a girl in Carter's class and a 7-month old boy. I really hope both Carter and I make some new friends through this!
Carter's teachers gave us all a bunch of basic information about how they run their class. It'll be interesting to hear how Carter adapts to things like not having a snack whenever he wants it or having to take naps on a mat with other kids around. The teachers gave us a copy of the schedule they'll be following ...
The kids aren't supposed to bring their own backpacks and lunch bags. Instead the school provides them with these bags ...
They are huge. I took Carter's today to get his name embroidered on it. Even though he had been excited about using his monkey backpack, he seems equally excited about this new one (thank goodness!).
I'm nervous for Carter because this will be his first time in a new environment on his own. The only people that have watched him for us are our parents and Sarah. I'm doing my best to prepare Carter for school so he's excited about it but we'll just have to wait and see how that first day goes.
When we first started talking about preschool, Carter would say something about me going with him and when I told him it was just him going, he'd get sad. He doesn't ask if I'm going anymore so hopefully he somewhat understands that this is something just for him. We talk about school several times a day so I'm hoping I've done a good job of preparing him.
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