I knocked on the mailbox before I opened it. I was trying to hear if it sounded like a big envelope. I opened the box, peered in and saw ......... a small envelope. I opened it anyway and misread it in my emotion. All I read was we had applicants more qualified. I eventually read the full letter and it said TR was ready but they had more qualified applicants than spaces. I get that, but I still want to know why our family didn't get a spot. What's not great about us? Why not our family? After I calmed and strategized and promised myself that my kids would get the educational enrichment I want for them, I was able to draft a letter accepting placement on a waitlst. On the one hand I am crushed but on the bigger hand, I believe God will guide us to where we need to be and keep us from where we don't need to be. I know the safest place is in God's will. To make stuff hurt more TR told me things her preschool teacher said about kindergarten. The teacher said kindergartners coukdn't go to the potty. Sadly that is true. Kinder kids are treated like little inmates which is why I am cautious. I spoke to a woman who had taught kinder for 20+ years in public and said how the kids at school we applied to would skip, laugh, smile, talk etc, while going outside and public kids had to be quiet, straight line either in twos, holding hands or one by one. She said she had witnessed some kids line up by holding a rope. I don't get why public school must tamper down the natural inclinations of young children. That is not what I want. I am pondering hiring a retired kindergarten teacher. I would love to get 2 other kids for our school. My goals are to raise children who read well, write well, speak well, think, think critically, are in tune to their sensitivities and sensibilities and are confident in their abilities. I will foster their love of learning and offer outside enrichment. It is going to be real.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Go Get it
I heard the mail truck while working in the office. I immediately began sweating. I took the kids to the mailbox with me. I guess I thought I'd be less likely to pass out if they were there.
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So sorry you guys were wait listed, but your faith is amazing and God is executing his plan.
The kinder teacher idea sounds awesome...you should start recruiting now.
One of the women I talk to at gymnastics, brings her grand daughter and her grand daughter attends the school that said no. The grandmother is a retired kindergarten teacher.
She taught her grand daughter to read. Her grandaughter is 6 and I heard her read this week. She was good. I don't know if she understood what she read but she said she reads chapter books. I am going to ask the grandmother if she will teach TR reading.
My mother has a K-9 teaching credential and has been a teacher since the early 70's and said no when I asked her to homeschool.
Oh no, it would be perfect if your mom could do it.
Alyssa could read at 4, but didn't understand everything...she got a solid understanding around 6. Comprehension is more important than just reading.
With all the homeschool networks out there now, maybe you and a couple other moms can teach the kids your particular areas of strength.
The solution is coming!
I'm sorry to hear this. You don't really have to have someone else teach your kids how to read, you can do it! I taught tyler to read myself. He was reading at 3. I remember his PreK teacher calling me during school and saying "Why didn't you tell me he could read?" She said she was typing a letter for the parents and he was standing behind her reading it out loud. That was one of my proudest moments. I encourage him to read here, but dont' really have to anymore b/c he loves it. I read a lot and we go to the library and both get books. Kayden has a library of books b/c i requested books and pampers as shower gifts. I try to read to him several times a week. Now he crawls to his bookshelf and pulls down books. He tries to open them. I always wonder what he's thinking. He will be a reader also! I do know that Tyler has great comprehension b/c when we read the same books I ask him questions about it. And he'll come ask me what something means or to explain it. I just finished explaining what Jehovah's Witnesses do.
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