Since going back to work, Emma has adjusted to her new school very well, and I'm so glad that every morning when I leave her she is full of smiles and giggles. Her school is so impressive, and while it pulls at my heart to have her there all day, I am certain we made the right decision on where to put her. At the end of every day we get an email update telling us all the different skills and activities she is working on developing. The list is extensive, and being an educator myself I know it is all helping to develop her brain. We're not talking just playing, they actually have planned lessons and activities in the infant room, yes, the infants are doing things like learning to communicate their wants and needs, learning to share with others, and learning to create masterpieces. This month the theme is Community Helpers. They posed each infant as a different community helper for pictures, and every day the books they read, songs they sing, and art they create revolves around a different helper. Because I'm an educator, I know how important all of these things are, and I see the difference in kids at schools. It's the difference between children who are spoken to, read to, loved, and involved than it is daycare or not. I think about where education has been, the changes taking place right now, and wonder what it will be like in 4-5 years when Emma is in elementary school. Back to what Wonder Girl has done in school. Yesterday she brought home one of her first "masterpieces"! And yes, it will be displayed! They were learning about chefs, which is what she posed as in her picture, (perfect since her mommy loves to cook!), and then for creative art they pretended to be chefs and make scrambled eggs. I love it!
