This week turned out to be a school testing week. Monday exploring a new way home a mall we found a small preschool at the bottom of an office building. The girls enjoyed the sandbox while Mommy talked with the owners. We were offered a trial class on Tuesday.
So Tuesday Grace and Jasmin went for the afternoon. Jasmin was pretty consistent that she didn't want to go again, and Grace told about the English class they had, "But I didn't need it because I'm already English."
Wednesday we went to the playgroup for the home schooling group at our church. We were told 9am, but nothing really happened until 10 - there was only one other child there the first hour! then suddenly there was 24 kids and accompanying adults... the room got very crowded and loud! Jasmin stayed on my lap most of the morning a bit intimidated and bored as the program was rather beyond her. Grace's summation: "We learned about... what was that word again?" "Africa" "Africa. Why do people in Africa not have the Bible?"
Thursday we visited another playschool that we only just discovered even though we live right next door! It is tucked in the back of a Korean International school, and buses are usually parked in front of it - that's why we didn't see it before. They offered us a free trial Friday.
So Friday morning we tried it out. Grace reminded me about it often from the moment we got up till we left - anxious not to be too late! In the door and they both took off to play without a backwards glance! When Mommy went to pick them up, Grace was so excited about her morning she was yelling, and once we got out the gate, she announced, "I want to go there every day! Not Saturday or Sunday but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday." Jasmin was too hungry to give a proper thought about her morning right away, but once she'd had lunch she was positive about going again.
Grace isn't likely to get to go 5 days a week - she might be ready but Mommy's not and Jasmin's not ready for her sister to be gone every morning either. But with such a response, it hard not to think of making a morning or two work at least.
Wow, this must definitely give you the feeling that they are growing up quickly. The girls seemed to like it, but did you?
ReplyDeleteTuesday was useful as I had to work that day anyhow. Friday was very strange going home without them after I dropped them off! I found the morning long - not worrying about them, but just amazed at how much more I could get done with them not being there!
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