Preschool Interview
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astra_nomerYesterday morning, DH and I took DS2 to his prosepctive preschool for his interview. Yes, they interview 2.5-year old kids befre accepting them into the school.
The head of school (HoS) dumped a big pile of toys in front of DS2 to distract him while she talked with us about DS2 background, asking questions ranging from, 'what are his biggest strengths?' to 'do you eat dinner together as a family?' Then she did a few activities with DS2.
The first one involved a series of wooden cylinders of various radii, taking them out and putting them back into their proper holes.
The second involved using what looked like a strawberry huller to pick up and sort cotton balls of various colors. To my surprise, DS2 sat quietly and watched intently while the HoS methodically sorted 20-30 balls, which bored DH and I to tears. Then, he repeated the exercise himself, even going so far as to pause with the ball over successive bins until he came to the right one, exactly as the HoS had shown him. She remarked on his long attention span, which we found remarkable as well, quite frankly. But then, compared to DS1's attention span, most adults would come up short as well.
The third activity was to get DS2 to name an assortment of toy animals, foods, and other random objects that the HoS pulled from a box. He started off by calling the horse a cow, but then proceeded to name most of the rest of the objects correctly, including the camel, which surprised DH and me. On the other hand, he missed mushroom, but he doesn't eat those, so I guess it's just as well. This exercise was apparently to test his vocabulary.
Next, the HoS pulled out an assortment of plastic "gems," which DS2, on his own initiative, strung into a line, sorted by color. She asked him to count them, which he did more or less successfully up to 12, after which the rest of the numbers were "eighteen."
The last activity was to name the colors of wooden blocks that she pulled out, which DS2 did handily.
In summary, he's ready for preschool, which I had thought for a while now. DH is still dubious, since he's not good about sharing, especially when DS1 is involved. Me, I think that interacting with other children his age will be good for him, and he'll learn how to share just by being in school.
Afterward the interview, while we were gathering paperwork, he started acting out of bit, climbing on and hitting DH and me, and trying to bite my hand. Apparently, he used up all his patience and focus for the interview and had had enough.
The head of school (HoS) dumped a big pile of toys in front of DS2 to distract him while she talked with us about DS2 background, asking questions ranging from, 'what are his biggest strengths?' to 'do you eat dinner together as a family?' Then she did a few activities with DS2.
The first one involved a series of wooden cylinders of various radii, taking them out and putting them back into their proper holes.
The second involved using what looked like a strawberry huller to pick up and sort cotton balls of various colors. To my surprise, DS2 sat quietly and watched intently while the HoS methodically sorted 20-30 balls, which bored DH and I to tears. Then, he repeated the exercise himself, even going so far as to pause with the ball over successive bins until he came to the right one, exactly as the HoS had shown him. She remarked on his long attention span, which we found remarkable as well, quite frankly. But then, compared to DS1's attention span, most adults would come up short as well.
The third activity was to get DS2 to name an assortment of toy animals, foods, and other random objects that the HoS pulled from a box. He started off by calling the horse a cow, but then proceeded to name most of the rest of the objects correctly, including the camel, which surprised DH and me. On the other hand, he missed mushroom, but he doesn't eat those, so I guess it's just as well. This exercise was apparently to test his vocabulary.
Next, the HoS pulled out an assortment of plastic "gems," which DS2, on his own initiative, strung into a line, sorted by color. She asked him to count them, which he did more or less successfully up to 12, after which the rest of the numbers were "eighteen."
The last activity was to name the colors of wooden blocks that she pulled out, which DS2 did handily.
In summary, he's ready for preschool, which I had thought for a while now. DH is still dubious, since he's not good about sharing, especially when DS1 is involved. Me, I think that interacting with other children his age will be good for him, and he'll learn how to share just by being in school.
Afterward the interview, while we were gathering paperwork, he started acting out of bit, climbing on and hitting DH and me, and trying to bite my hand. Apparently, he used up all his patience and focus for the interview and had had enough.
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Date: 2006-11-30 01:03 am (UTC)