Jared Starts Preschool!

Last year I did a preschool co-op with some other mom's. We all took turns teaching a couple weeks of preschool. It was fabulous, but I felt like Jared needed a little more this year. I got him into a program where he will be the peer model student for a developmental preschool. There are two peer model students and ten students enrolled with various developmental delays. For the most part they all seem like "normal" kids and I don't think Jared will ever notice a difference.

The cool part is that because this is a special preschool program the kids get to do a lot of fun things that they don't in regular preschools. They have five different specialists that come throughout the week to help the children where they need it. Although Jared doesn't have a specific area targeted where he needs help, I'm sure he will benefit from the extra teachers and attention. Jared is excited about the rope swing hanging from the ceiling, the basketball hoop in the motor room and Haley, the Golden Retriever who comes on Thursdays to help with literacy and fine motor skills.

Jared loved his first day, but was a little disappointed that he didn't get to go out to the school playground for recess (they did Yoga instead!). He told me he was trying and trying to get a chance to raise his hand and ask the teacher when it was recess time, but he just couldn't get that chance.

Ellie was so sad to leave Jared at school and kept saying in her little voice, "Ellie go to school!"