Big Decisions

Sara decided to take the part-time position with the pre-school. We both felt it would be better to ease into working again rather than going full-time right away. Sara was still very impressed with the montessori school, so we've decided to send Aubri and Gavin there this year. Aubri will just go half days, and then spend the rest of the day with Sara at the pre-school on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. It seemed obvious to send Aubri to montessori since she's such and artist and creative thinker. We thought we were still going to have Gavin go to public school so he could have a little more structure to his day, but as we analyzed his learning style, his personality, and his gifts, we decided to give montessori a shot with him too.

Gavin's got a strong social interest, is a natural leader, and has some creative entrepreneurial tendencies. He's always talking about movies that he's going to make and often coming up with ways to sell things or ideas of how to make money. Montessori school can embrace these gifts and teach him self discipline. It sounds like they get a list of objectives each day (different for each kid depending on their skills and interests) and it's up to them to figure out how to accomplish those objectives through the day. Sara did a lot of research and has plenty of experience in the teaching world, so I trust her judgement with this school. The school doesn't cost anything either with this schedule, which is nice. If Aubri were doing full days and Micah was in it, it would be pretty expensive. All the kids will get free gymnastics with Sara's job too, which is a big bonus. The only thing Sara's a little worried about is Micah being a bit "clingy" when she's trying to teach... we'll see how it goes. Everything starts up next week, so life will soon feel a little different around here. Hopefully all the right decisions were made.