in november, we signed him up for such a program, but it was too far from our house and aren got past the 1st session only -- it was always a crying bout for us to force him to even enter the classroom. we eventually stopped trying.
prior to 1st day in cdc, we visited the classroom twice in order to familiarize him with the atmosphere. on april 16, he entered the classroom but cried for the first few minutes. he warmed up to the teacher but did not participate very much in the activities. on the second day, he almost did not enter the classroom, but i coaxed him by mentioning that he will play in the slide later on. teacher let me take him inside the classroom but i left him there immediately. he cried for the first few minutes of free time.
on the third day, we entered together, but when i said goodbye to him, he started crying and teacher immediately took him away. on the 4th day, we entered the classroom together and teacher greeted him, he reached for her hand and went to look for activities inside. no tears! even the teacher was surprised and looked back to me smiling. i almost could not believe it either! my little boy has grown up.
(Teacher picked him as weather watcher for the day!)
throughout the session, i watched from the observation deck and saw that he has started to follow the actions of the songs, did the art projects by himself, wandered around the room exploring things. in time, he will integrate himself fully with his classmates and teachers. the day he stopped crying, it was my turn.
