Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 >>>>The following year, we put back into a regular preschool class <<<< Suzi, do you mind telling us what 's preschool class was like? (class size; Traditional, montessori or other?;did the teachers make any accommodations for her;structured or unstructured;any one on one or just group activities;etc) We are still debating over schools, but have definetly decided against the sped preschool. Thanks, Traci, Hawaii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 It was a traditional preschool. It had 12 kids per teacher, plus some other staff around to help where needed. I liked it because they did lots of singing and finger plays plus lots of art projects. really responded to the singing, and by her second year was singing parts of the songs. The main thing they did is that they did not expect her to talk. They didn't pressure her. The only problem we had was that she would run to the bathroom without telling her teacher. I then had to get her to say pee to her teacher beforehand. The nice thing was that her sister wasn't in the same class, but all of the classes were open to a common area. During freetime, the kids were free to play in the common area and the other classrooms. and got to play together then and at recess. The teachers were very comfortable with preschoolers not talking. They said that there were lots of preschoolers that were just shy and didn't talk at school. I did talk to lots of different schools. One said they didn't like kids with speech problems because they tend to have behavior problems. We never went back there. We had several other kids with speech problems go to 's school. One of them loved it, and the other one didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 >>>It was a traditional preschool. It had 12 kids per teacher, plus some other staff around to help where needed.<<< Thanks Suzi. How many total kids per class were there? Did she ever have problems with being overwhelmed by all the kids? Is she shy by nature or outgoing? Kennedy is shy and I'm afraid she will be overwhelmed by the children and the freedom of choice. (not much structure) Thanks, Traci, Hawaii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 It was just 12 kids in a class. That is what I liked. Some other preschools had like 24 or 36 kids in a class and then had more teachers. would have been way too overwhelmed. She could handle the 12 kids in a class. 's preschool had lots of structure. She needed it. They had free time for the first 15 or 20 minutes of class. Then they had a set time for circle time, recess, snack, music, story time, art time. She knew the routine, and the routine was good for her. I don't think she could have handled a montisorri type program. She needed/needs direction. Suzi > >>>It was a traditional preschool. It had 12 kids per teacher, plus > some other staff around to help where needed.<<< > > Thanks Suzi. How many total kids per class were there? Did she ever have > problems with being overwhelmed by all the kids? Is she shy by nature or > outgoing? Kennedy is shy and I'm afraid she will be overwhelmed by the > children and the freedom of choice. (not much structure) > > Thanks, Traci, Hawaii > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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