I struggled and struggled! Nothing in my intense aerobic and weight training had prepared me for this! Here I was at a table with three and four year old children trying to color within the lines with water colors. Actually, this was an incredibly relaxing activity compared with my usual ones and the kids at the table were clearly having a ball. We were water painting Winnie the Pooh pictures of winter activities and the teacher Beverly had just finished a discussion with the children about their favorite winter activities. Much like me - a big kid at heart - they all loved winter and were jumping into the task. This Discovery Preschool class was definitely going to be fun.
"Winnie's sweater is red," said Lauren, who was way better versed on Winnie the Pooh than I am, although with a new grandchild coming I had better get up to speed on issues like this. The little boy across from me said something about his dad Chad and I looked at his name, Hudson.
"Is your mom Kinsey?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Wow, what an incredibly wonderful coincidence. Kinsey and our daughter Sara had met in this very room and, to use computer nomenclature, are BFF (best friends forever). Kinsey was in Sara's wedding and now the young mother and mother-to-be still talk all the time.
So what do you learn in Discovery Preschool? You learn to share, take turns, cooperate and solve problems. You learn to use different art skills and this is where Sara, our daughter who is now an art teacher, was first introduced to art activities. Age appropriate activities help promote creativity, discovery and understanding. Best of all, the children learn how to make friends and who knows, one of these friends may turn out to be the child's BFF.
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Great article dad!!! Mom just told me that you saw Hudson and that Kinsey and I made your blog for the day. I will have to share this with her as well. I will agree that the YMCA has an excellent preschool program. I still remember how disappointed I was when I didn’t get to participate in the final week’s activities because I had the chicken pox. It also does happen to be where I met my best friend. 24 years later, we are still close. By the way, that was also a great article in the paper. I looked it up to find the address for the blog. Nicely done! Talk to you soon!!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Just to keep you up with the times…. It is BFF (best friends forever) not BBF. Just trying to keep you young! LOL (laugh out loud… in case that is a new one for you) :-)