March 1, 2005
Update on the preschool situation: We submitted the application for the Montessori school last week, and the Waldorf application is signed, sealed, and ready to go. But! A New Development Arises! The Montessori school actually called us this morning to say that they have a morning and an afternoon half-day opening for the preschool. So we're going to take Zeke for an "assessment" sometime this week and then we'll know if he can go or not.
The assessment, from what I understand, is basically just to make sure your child is verbal enough to understand simple commands (like, say, "Everybody follow me, the building is on fire") and capable of dealing with preschool. We have zero concerns in this regard, as Zeke is quite verbal enough, thank you. The only thing is, he's not really potty trained. I mean, he grasps the basic concept, he just doesn't want to do it, or doesn't grok the whole situation, or something. I don't know.
The Waldorf place told us it wasn't an issue when we did our tour there. I believe the director's exact words were, "No big whoop, we'll change their pants all day long if we have to until they figure it out." But I didn't specifically ask the Montessori people what their policy was. I guess we'll find out later this week. I hope he can get in. We're all going a little stir crazy with the weather, to put it mildly. Every time I make plans to go for a walk, it either snows, drizzles, sleets, or the temperature drops below 20.
I will keep you all updated.
Posted by Jan at March 1, 2005 2:54 PM