My sweet girl started back to school last week and I have been an emotional wreck. I'm sure that is very normal for mamas...but it is just so hard watching my baby grow up!
Aubrey is going to school two days a week from 9-2. She is in what they call Toddler III. She is still two, but will be three in October so she missed the cutoff for Pre-K3. Since her birthday is later, she will have to do Pre-K4 for two years. They have a "young 4's" and an "older 4's" so it won't be the same class.
Aubrey is such a stinker when it comes to school. My girl is a chatterbox and doesn't usually meet a stranger; however, when it comes to school...she will not say a WORD. She is mute. She went the entire year last year without speaking to her teachers. I just don't understand it. She will talk to strangers, family, friends...anyone, but when she enters school...it is zip zip for her. We have tried everything from bribery to punishment. Nothing works. We have also had some potty training issues at school because she won't tell her teachers when she needs to use the restroom! Any of my teacher/mommy friends have any suggestions of what I can do to encourage her to speak...please let me know!
Her teachers are wonderful and her class is mostly made up of girls. I think it is like 12 girls and 2 boys. She loves that she gets to go on the big playground this year and she also loves center time!
Another struggle is she doesn't nap at school...she basically just looks around the entire time, so when I get her at 2:00, she is exhausted and extremely grumpy. She is not exactly "little miss sunshine" when I pick her up. I'm hoping and praying all these kinks get figured out and the year starts getting a little smoother.
She sure is cute...mute...but cute. LOL!
I love this little girl even if she is a handful! Here's to a great school year. Come on baby girl...get to talking!
And of course...this little cutie just loves having some one on one time with mommy. Waiting for sis in the carpool line is always a blast. (and no...Weston was not eating Doritoes!)
I'm proclaiming this verse over Aubrey Lane for the school year...
"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."
2 Timothy 1:7
oh bless her heart!! i feel your pain, momma! libbi had the exact same issues in her three year old class. we worried about her SO SO much. her one area marked "needs improvement" at the end of the year was talking. because she didn't!! she never talked to her teachers or rarely even the kids in her class. she behaved like an angel, completed all of her work, but never spoke. i was a wreck over it. all that to say, she did come out of her shell SO much the following year. she wasn't a chatterbox by any means, but she did participate in class and SPEAK to her teachers - which was HUGE! hang in there. aubrey will open up. i'll be praying for her and for you, because i know it's so hard!!
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