Preschool bound

May 13, 2008

I have been really hesitant to send Breckin off to preschool. I have a lot of guilt about it. I am honored enough to be a stay at home mom and sending Breckin to school while I am at home is hard for me. I wasn’t raised in a place where kids go to preschool unless their parents had no choice but to send them. But, I realized my motivation for keeping him at home with me 24/7 is a bit selfish. I want to keep him for myself for as long as I can and I don’t want to do something just because everyone around me is doing it. I honestly do not know a single kid here that hasn’t gone to preschool. That isn’t entirely fair to him. When Breckin goes to kindergarten, he will most likely be the youngest kid in his class. He will turn 5 about 2 weeks before school starts. While I am not worried about his intellectual capacity at all, I am concerned about his social development. If he has never been in an organized learning environment, being almost a year younger than some kids in class might mean he doesn’t really understand the whole idea of sitting still for 3 1/2 hours (we have 1/2 day kindergarten here). Plus, he might have issues making friends without having been in that environment before. So, we have decided he is going to go to preschool next year. Yesterday he was allowed a spot into the public school system’s preschool program. While it still costs money, it is significantly less than many private preschools here. So, starting in August he will be going to school 2 days/week for 3 hours each day. What is great about this is that he will be attending the afternoon class and the school is about 100ft from our house. I can walk him over without ever having to sit in a carpool lane. And, Arwyn naps in the afternoon. This gives me 6 hours a week to myself to use for chores or resting. So, while letting go of one selfish thing, it appears as though I might get to indulge myself in another selfish venture. REST!

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