From a Preschooler's Perspective:
A preschooler recently told me, in no uncertain terms, "I'm going to be bigger than you when I'm 41!"
Really Big Friends
In the last two blog posts I stressed the importance of the strong ongoing connection between the preschool program and children in the rest of our school. This past week I had a surprise visit from some older (eighth grade) students that served as a reminder that the relationship between preschool graduates and the preschool can extend even further than the elementary grades.
Abbey, Savannah, Willow and Alex all left the preschool for kindergarten close to ten years ago. As you can see from the pictures below, they are still quite at home in their old preschool classroom. Of course, a major reason why this is so is that during all of their elementary years we continued to see them on a very regular basis (as described in my recent posts).
These frequent interactions over the years make it so that even when children cross the river to attend secondary school, they can still feel a close attachment to the place where their public school careers first began. And how awesome is it that so many years later these children still feel such a strong connection to the staff that first cared for them in preschool and that they can be so comfortable (and have so much fun) in the place where they first attended school when they were just 3 and 4 years old!
Abbey, Savannah, Willow and Alex all left the preschool for kindergarten close to ten years ago. As you can see from the pictures below, they are still quite at home in their old preschool classroom. Of course, a major reason why this is so is that during all of their elementary years we continued to see them on a very regular basis (as described in my recent posts).
These frequent interactions over the years make it so that even when children cross the river to attend secondary school, they can still feel a close attachment to the place where their public school careers first began. And how awesome is it that so many years later these children still feel such a strong connection to the staff that first cared for them in preschool and that they can be so comfortable (and have so much fun) in the place where they first attended school when they were just 3 and 4 years old!
