The last couple of weeks have been an adventure. Syona started going to school and as much as we thought that she was independent and ready for school, those first few days put us (mainly Syona) through the ringer.
That said, I think the transition could have been smoother and that we should have stuck with our first instinct. The story goes like this, we visit 4-5 schools around the area and ended up likely this one school call myDreamAcademy in cupertino. We like the neatness, teachers/front desk, and the cameras.
However, when it came time to enroll, the toddler program was about to shut down at that site (due to not enough kids), and we were referred to the sister school (same owner, different location). After a cursory look and kind of being put on a spot to decide, we just went with it. Bigger premises, and the one floating teacher we spent talking to on the visiting day was nice. Month later when it came to bringing Syona to school, the main teacher in the room assigned didn't meet our same type of TLC requirement. We gave it a try and after 2 days of constant crying and a weekend of Syona's acting out we knew that we needed to rectify the situation. Then, to keep long story short, we talked to the owner and found out that the Cupertino location is open for toddlers and decided to move back there. Turns out that the teacher we talked to in the 2nd location is now going to be main teacher there.
Side note, the interesting story is during this period of time when Syona went to school, she got really attached to her hat such that all morning and afternoon, she would keep her HAT on. She would keep it on as her security at least until we pick her up. Right before I drop her off to school, she would ask for it to be put on when we got into the car...
Fast forward to today, Syona has now been in this new location for over 1 week and her transition here as been wonderful. She immediately took to the new place and people much faster and better. The good thing is that we can peek in on her any time through this webcam that we have (see her napping, eating, playing, etc...) The main measure is that she is back to having fun over the weekends and weeknights. What a relief!
She still rather stay and play at home, but she knows that it's okay to go to school and is not scared of the place any more.
Good things to note, when doing this transition, it's a good idea to set up a friendly routine. Spend more time in the morning, dressing/feeding/playing. Make sure that the little one knows that she will be cared for, hand kid off to caring teacher to be picked up so that she is comfortable, sing a song of choice before leaving the room. Of course, don't forget the HAT (or any other security item) :)
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