March 31, 2010 - Posted by Molly - Comments Off
Morgan has been transitioning to the Toddler Two’s room this week. Monday went pretty well. She was okay in the morning. Not perfect, in that she didn’t want to interact with the other kids, but she was okay playing by herself. She was less happy in the afternoon, but felt better after a big hug with Elmo during circle time.
On Tuesday, there was a bit of a tactical error. Her favorite teacher, Miss Parwin, took her over to the Two’s room in both the morning and the afternoon. Morgan was not at all happy when Parwin left. And when the Two’s and One’s rooms were playing together in the larger ‘free play’ area, she really stuck with her friends from the One’s room. I think it was a rough day for her.
Today things really seemed to go better. They had a ‘floater,’ one of the employees who moves from room to room to help out, take her over to the Two’s room. She did reasonably well in the morning and was quite happy to go over there in the afternoon.
Tomorrow she goes over to the Two’s room at 9:30 and stays all day long. She naps there and we pick her up there.
So big so fast.
March 25, 2010 - Posted by Molly - Comments Off
Next week Morgan starts her transition to the Toddler Two’s room at daycare. They do a lot more Montessori in the Two’s room. They have potties and work on toilet training. They quit using a bib (and use open cups). Apparently they are going to intentionally(!) teach Morgan how to take her diaper off. They call it a ‘self-help’ skill. I call it a recipe for trouble. But we’ll see.
Ms. Tee (the lead teacher in the One’s room) met with us and talked with Ms. Cheryl (the lead teacher in the Two’s room) about Morgan. Ms Tee said she has really been coming into her own since becoming the oldest kid in the classroom. She has started talking a lot more (and louder). Apparently she is a huge helper. After eating, she’ll pick up her plate and cup and carry them over to the bin. She then comes back around and waits for the other younger kids, the ones who can’t walk yet, to finish their meals so she can clear their plates too. Sometimes she jumps the gun a bit and Ms. Tee has to tell her to give them back their milk or whatever. And when Ms. Tee is sweeping up, Morgan just stands their waiting to help her move the tables and chairs back into place. Ms. Tee tries to encourage her to go play with the other kids, but no luck.
Ms. Tee also said she was stubborn. She has gotten very hard to distract/redirect and you really have to be on your toes and stick with her if you want her to stop doing something.
She’s getting very involved in singing and answering questions in the circle. She is big on counting and loves to help with ABCs. Tonight when she was looking at the Curious George book (as she absolutely loves to do), she named everything on the page. George! Bug! Kite! ABCs! (letters/writing) I didn’t even know she knew the word ‘bug.’
She still is a super light sleeper. They have left her right next to the sound machine in the One’s room and even then, Ms. Parwin usually has to spend the last 40 minutes or so sitting next to her, as she has woken up.
Ms. Tee definitely said she was ready to go though. She’s gotten all she can out of the One’s room and it is time to move onward and upward.
I absolutely cannot believe she is in the Two’s room next week!
March 19, 2010 - Posted by Jim - Comments Off
Thumbing through photos was cute. Figuring out how to unlock it was frightening…
March 10, 2010 - Posted by Molly - Comments Off
Morgan has been absolutely loving the videos of herself on the website recently. When not saying ‘e-e-o! please!’ or ‘quack quack! please!’ or ‘bus! please!’ she is now saying “NO NO NO!” or “arrr” (see videos below if you don’t know what I mean).
And she has learned her name. She definitely says ‘Morgan.’ And she does finally say ‘Mama.’ Which…yay!
March 3, 2010 - Posted by Molly - Comments Off
As a side note, we moved Morgan from her high chair to a booster seat at the table about a month ago. We never had a ‘traditional’ high chair, so this just entailed taking the tray off her seat and pushing her up to the table. She barely noticed.
We have been working on drinking from an open cup with her at home. They started working on it last Monday at daycare, in preparation for her move to the Toddler Twos room (end of March/beginning of April). She seems to have caught on. She doesn’t spill while drinking very much and she can walk around with an open cup. She inadvertently knocks the cup over once every other meal or so, but other than that, no problems.
And she has developed some serious opinions about music. She likes “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (aka E-I-E-I-O), “Baa, Baa Black Sheep,” and “The Wheels on the Bus.” So now when listening to music she’ll blurt out “baa baa sheep!” or “e-e-o!” or “bus!” asking you to change the song. She’ll often listen to a song for 30 seconds or so before asking you to change to another one of the three in the current rotation.