Preschool

Samantha loves going to preschool.  She now goes three mornings a week and each day she goes she is excited to see her friends and teachers.  I can really tell a difference in her now when she meets and interacts with new kids and I believe she is more confident and happy with the social and educational stimuli. 

One of the great things about her school is that each day they send a brief email with a document, video, slide show, etc. about what they did that day.  This is usually great fodder to get Samantha talking and remembering what she did that day.  It is also a treat for us while we are at work to see what she is up to.  This week as I was gone on my work trip, the update was especially hilarious for me and very focused on Samantha.

I couldn't post the full document with photos but it read:
Last week, Savannah, Sammy, Drew and Elise went to the materials room to build houses for our classroom bugs.They used a variety of materials to create intricate structures. Today, Sammy and Savannah returned to the materials room to continue this work.

After this experience, they decided to share what they had learned with the class. They helped create a slideshow of all their previous work to show their friends what they had been doing, they introduced the class to the best materials for building bug houses and then worked with their classmates to find a space in our classroom to store these new materials so we could all continue this work together in the future.