Montessori - End of Week 1

Looks like this whole Montessori thing might just work out after all. Sam doesn't like the drop-offs - to no one's surprise - but apparently he has fun all day and does well. I wish I could be a fly on the wall, I really do, and not only because I love watching him play with other kids.

Ok, it's mostly because I love watching him play with other kids.

But I'd also like to see how he's really doing. There's always a little part at the back of my head that wonders if he's as happy as the teachers there say he is. I have no reason not to trust them... but there's still that little voice.

He's been napping, which is unusual for him, but that doesn't seem to have had any effect on bedtime, so we're happy about that. One of Julie's big worries was that he'd go back to taking an hour+ to go to sleep; looks like bullet, dodged.

He was pretty upset when I arrived on Friday afternoon. I guess some other kids had already been picked up, and he was wondering why he hadn't been. Makes sense, from his point of view. Julie and I explained to him that other kids being picked up is a reason for him to be excited, as it means that I'm on my way.

We'll see how that goes.