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Does your preschool let out for the summer?
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Day Care & Education
I have long been avoiding a certain reality this summer. I knew the time would come, but deep down I fancied that if I ignored the problem it would fix itself. But it didn't and the time has come, August has arrived and with it so has my youngest son Devon. Or rather he just doesn't leave because his preschool has let out for the entire month of August. Sure, Devon only attends school for three half days per week. But those 12 hours are the sum of my productivity abilities. During those 12 golden hours I work, plan, organize and breathe in a way I simply cannot when an almost three year-old is pawing at my wrists and or reaching for the keys on my laptop.Last week my initial thought process ran along the lines of: how could the staff be so selfish as to want four consecutive weeks away from these small people? Don't they know that I have a life to run? Then my resentment turned to fear. How am I to deal with Devon every day for 31 consecutive days? Sure, I love him to pieces, but those 12 hours without him make those pieces all the more lovable.
Now that I have had a week to stew over the matter, I am finding some peace with the next month. I have accepted that I will not be terribly productive. We will spend more time at the park and in the sandbox. We will read more books and build more block towers to knock down in a Godzilla-like manner. We will go out for more ice cream and we will have more tickle fests. I will stress out about it from time to time, okay daily, but I am vowing not to let it get in the way of our fun. It won't be a bad thing, just a change in routine. If Devon can do it, then so can I.
At least I think I can do it.
Does your preschool let out for the summer? If so, how do you cope?
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8-06-2007 @ 9:56AM
Rachel Mosteller said...Our school LET OUT IN MAY. MAY! My kids are starting back up on Sept. 6 and, boy, am I pumped.
What has worked for us: Trying to get in one daily activity. So we might go to the YMCA, the library, the indoor playground (too humid/hot to go out) or the pool.
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8-06-2007 @ 2:21PM
Anji said...Orion's nursery is open 52 weeks out of the year. I feel I am particularly lucky in that respect, because there are no summer holidays at my workplace!
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8-06-2007 @ 2:45PM
Jill said...Ours claims to follow the public school calendar, which seems to mean that they will take all those holidays, plus set their own scheduled dates to be closed too. He was done for the summer mid May and goes back after Labor Day! And they call this a Mom's Morning Out? Like I don't need one in the summer? I'm exhausted!
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8-06-2007 @ 4:17PM
Maureen said...Our preschool ended in early June and doesn't go back until September 13! We've been doing swim lessons through the parks program almost every day. We go to the library and hang out in the yard a lot. My son also has 4 weeks of "camp" It's 3 hours two days a week -- it's very reasonably priced because it's through parks and rec. My job is very flexible and I work from home, but I'm going a bit mad because I'm up late finishing work that I can't get done with the kids jumping around like monkeys -- without 6-7 hours of sleep I am one cranky mom. I can't wait until September when my son will go back to preschool and my daughter will start attending one morning a week!
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8-06-2007 @ 7:13PM
Lacy said...Our preschool lets out in May as well. It's been a long summer! My kids have swimming lessons twice a week and Tae Kwon Do (sp?) once a week. Besides that we try to get out and do something fun...park....library....errands that include the possibility of an ice cream cone....every day. We've also done a few "big" day trips - the zoo and of course the beach. School starts in a few weeks and I'm just SO READY!
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8-07-2007 @ 7:28AM
Christianne said...In the Netherlands preschools follow the public schools. So that's a 6 weeks break in the summer. We've been away for 4 weeks, but I think my son will be happy to go to 'school' again next week. And I will have a little time for myself again.
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