Well, The Vitals have finally started the pre-school experience at Riverside Weekday School. The adjustment has been very ineresting. It started off very slow, for the first couple of days Sage went to school for 1hr, then it jumped to 4hrs. Finally, she went all day. This was as adjustment for the entire family. I [...]
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sept beginnings
Pretty non-descript beginnings…DS has seen the school for years inside and out (because of my volunteering there). He’s been in some sort of school environment since 2, so was comfortable with this school. I made sure that he had a mellow summer, no camp- so by the time the school year rolled around he was [...]
Cough, cough, sneeze…it’s flu season
It’s only been 2 days since school started and we have our first cold. That has to be some sort of record. Lee got sick on the weekend so we’ll be going to the doctor tomorrow. Thankfully, It seems to be a very mild cold – sneezing, coughing and congestion. I’ll take him in to [...]
The first days
As a producer, I approach all productions by planning for and expecting the worst while striving for the best. I’m happy to say that the first days of preschool seem to be going very well for my boy, so far. On the very first day, the pre-k and kindergarden students gathered in the cafeteria to [...]
Family Annex –“Phase-in” week
My almost 3 yr. old daughter Surta is attending Family Annex. It is parent cooperative school. Parents participate in committees to run school more efficiently. The school has Reggio Emilia approach. It encourages creative thinking for children and encourages teachers, parents and children to be researcher. Surta’s all three teachers visited us at home last [...]
New Family Get Together
A lot of our families have already known each other since our kids were newborns. I am a co-founder of Harlem4kids- a non-profit that encourages early childhood education through storytime , special events aimed at our community and parental support in NYC. Still, while we tried to reach out to all families in Harlem, there [...]
Orientation
My son, Lee, will be attending a private Catholic school on the upper west side of New York City and last Wednesday was new parent orientation night. It was a chance for all of the new parents to meet each other, meet the teachers and hear from the principal about procedures and policies. It was [...]