We live in a major city, and we go to....[snip excruciating list] Uh. yeah. We go out a lot. The school-prep thing is pervasive, even at museums and the private playdates, though one can usually avoid an actual circle time
People think we're crazy, but if we don't do as much, things get impossible really quick. I tried doing a "detox" and just staying in for a few days recently, because I was a bit run-down from a trip to New York. Not. Good. Anyway, that's why I don't want to drop the drop-ins, we really do need to fill a slot here and there.
DS won't sit in circle because he's bored out of his tree. He's used to me filking all the songs they sing, and he's in a phase right now where no-one is ever allowed to sing anything strait, let allone "rolly polly." He doesn't like the group stories because they're too simple (which I think is a giftie thing), and because they're read at about 1/4 speed (or much less) compaired to what I do. And he doesn't get to ask questions, which is a deal-breaker for him, in any context.
(I know, my teacher friend tells me we're screwed for Kindergarten, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.)
And he's not 3.5 -- he's 2:10, not even three yet. I have to get though another 1.5 years before I even get to send him to kindergarten 8P. So screwed.
-Mich
(re:preschool -- can't send him to preschool, gov't regs require a 2 HOUR NAP!?!?!?!?!??! the first hour they can't even play quietly, they have to lie on the cot and "rest." Sorry, did I vent out loud?
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