Meet the Teacher

Today was E's first ever "Meet the Teacher" day!  I took the morning off of work to take him and he did surprisingly well.  Before leaving, we scratched off another square on his Preschool Countdown.

When we arrived, he was really excited to see the playground and wanted to play.  Unfortunately, we were a little late so we had to head into his classroom.  His teacher, Mrs. Vaughan, was there to greet us and E did a great job saying hello and telling her his name.

E enjoyed looking around the room and got a kick out of the sinks and toilet that are just his size.  He found a Geoboard to play with for a little while and even a wooden tractor trailer.  Then it was time to sit on the carpet for a welcome song and story.

Afterwords, it was time to head up to the playroom.  When E heard his teacher say "playroom", all he would ask me is, "Where's the playroom?"  Even when we were there, he was still asking me where it was. It's basically the size of two classrooms where the kids get to play and explore.  As soon as E saw the train table, he was happy.  So were the 3 other boys that were there!  They all made a beeline for the trains!

This was the first crying incident for E.  Of course, there is only one large train for the kids to play with.  One little boy kept playing with it and E wanted a turn.  When E would see that it was available, the little boy kept taking it back.  At one point, E broke down and even started banging his head on the train table.  I felt bad for the little guy, and tried to distract him, but it didn't work too much.  He even tried asking the boy for the train and the other boy would ignore him.

After returning to the room, E went back to playing with the wooden tractor trailer.  A little girl started putting wooden cars into the trailer. This was the cause of E's second crying incident. One of his other teachers, Mrs. Hatton, came to check on him and was able to distract him with some cool wooden doors/windows that they have for the blocks.

E was also able to make a bear for their classroom bulletin board.  I didn't take a picture, but I will post one when I get a chance to take a photo of it.

Finally, it was time to clean up and go back to the carpet to say goodbye.  Mrs. Vaughan started to sing the goodbye song, Adios Amigos, and E looked up at me with a big smile.  It is the same song that his speech therapist would sing at the end of their sessions together.  Upon leaving, E gave Mrs. Vaughan a hug and told me that he didn't want to go home.  We met my mom outside and let E play on the playground for a few minutes.

I was so impressed with how E did, even considering those two incidents.  I know how great this will be for him.  Hopefully, there won't be too many tears on Thursday.