A New School and a New Start

This past Friday was Nico's first day at his new school. And when I use the term "school," I actually mean "school." Primrose School is far from being a day care. When Ed and I toured the school, we were in awe and very impressed with what we saw and learned. Over my years in the education field, I had heard of Primrose, but had never been through its doors or observed the classrooms in action. The structure, the routines, and the uniformity amongst the teachers were all great to see. But it was a breath of fresh air to learn about the academic and character building centered Balanced Learning Curriculum, and see the children, even at the young age of 2 years, transitioning between the many centers, being exposed to both small and whole group instruction, and basically functioning like a Pre-kinder classroom.

Enrolling Nico into Primrose, was a big decision for us, because the tuition is quite a bit more than what we had been paying; however, Primrose is an accredited private school not a daycare and we made the choice that Nico deserves this because it is the best. His education is something that both Ed and I hold dear to our hearts, which is why it did not take us long to decide Primrose was the way to go.

Nico's first day went well, and he looked so adorable wearing his Primrose backpack, which he has to bring to school everyday. His teachers reported that he did better than they thought he was going to do. It typically takes kids up to two weeks to adjust to the structured schedule and routine of the classroom, so we will see how our little man progresses over the next couple of weeks.