First Day of Nursery School
We decided to enroll Xavier in Nursery School. This is a picture of my little sweetie on his first day, isn't he adorable. He's wearing new gear that he received for his birthday, new jeans, a Cars tee and carrying his new backpack from grandma and granddaddy.
Over the pass few months, we found that he wasn't keen on the idea of sharing with other children. His idea of playing with other children is to take everything they pick up and claim it, Mine Mine. I have Mine Mine etched into my brain. He just turned 2 and he is an only child, so we thought Nursery School would benefit him.
When we were making a decision as to whether we should place him in school, I weighed the pros and cons. I honestly couldn't find any cons, but I found plenty of benefits:
- He will learn to follow a routine.
- He will learn to play with other children.
- He will have an established nap/rest period.
- He will learn the meaning of sharing.
- He will have additional support with Potty Training.
- He will see that other children don't have a "Nip Nip", aka pacifier and may want to get rid of it.
- He will understand the concept of homework. He has an assignment every evening to ensure he learns his shapes, colors, numbers, the alphabet etc.
- He will have experiences from field trips.
- He will have great social skills and make new friends.
The first few days he cried when he was left, but he has quickly adapted and now waves good bye. He loves his new backpack, and picks out a few of his favorite cars to take each morning. He had made new friends, and looks forward to a new adventure each morning.
Have you had problems with your child not wanting to share? How did you resolve the problem? Please leave us a comment.
Awe! He is too cute. All of my children had or still have a pacifier. We call it a bobo. Their preschool would not allow it there though, so I was able to slowly ween my oldest to use it at night only and then once he turned 5 he gave it up completely. We rewarded him big time for that. I am still having major trouble with my daughter who is 4.
Anyway, to answer your question about sharing - he will get it especially being around other children at school. Maybe you can get a kid's cartoon movie about sharing and then talk about it. Or even a couple library books on sharing. You can even role play. But it is the age. They all go through that.
Well, I wish you all the best.
DAWN