Dearest Nat,

Yesterday was your first day going to a playschool! How exciting it was!

On Monday, I was delighted to receive a sms from teacher Lavina inviting us to a trial class the next day. I've heard alot of wonderful things about teacher Lavina from Lily and couldn't wait to let you join her playschool. My only concern is whether you are ready for playschool or not. It is a weekly 1 1/2 hour session and I was worried that your attention span is too short for the class.

You might be the youngest in class, being the only December baby around, but you are certainly far from being the smallest in size. There's another boy who is a November baby and the rest are April, June and July. I'm quite proud that though you are the youngest, you are able to follow instructions, sit through the class and simply enjoy the 1 1/2 hours with your classmates.

Teacher Lavina's class is really enjoyable. We started the class with some free play, followed by story time (We read about Elmer the patchwork elephant by David Mckee), Arts and Crafts, Food, Zoo-phonics and finally music. Everything is packed into the 1 1/2 hours there.

You did a patchwork elephant using coloured paper with my help. I was very happy that teacher Lavina taught about elephant and the vowel "e" yesterday because I was teaching you about elephant too since our trip to the zoo. I even borrowed a few books on elephants from the library last week to reinforce your memory of the elephants we saw in the zoo.

I realised that interest can be nurtured. Before I really put in effort cultivating your interest in reading, you were not that interested in reading. Now you will keenly bring me your books and ask me to read to you. You become interested in elephants after learning, seeing and reading about them and so you often wait excitedly or if you were too impatient, flip to the page with elephants immediately. I'm very happy that you finally love to read.

This afternoon we went to the library to borrow another book on Elmer and I can't wait to read it to you. There are many Elmer books at the library and I'm planning to borrow the whole series. I love the library for their collection of books.



Full of joy


Love,
Mommy

natnat's mom at 5:07 PM 0 comments