Lil miss KJ is registered for pre school in Sept with the CDC. Rules have changed and now there needs to be 1 teacher for every 10 children so it may be a bit hard to get into a preschool if you don't preregister......so its done!! I will keep her there if she likes it till a 1/2 a year before she starts kindergarten then I'll switch her to the school she'll be taking french immersion in. ( thats if there still is a preschool there and if the school hasn't been closed down by then, which I hope not cuz I really like that school)
I went to a French immersion parent meeting and it was very helpful and informative. I will be putting both kids into the program when they are of age to attend. If they graduate in the french program they will have a double diploma. The meeting also said the program was geared towards parents who don't speak french which is SOOOOOO US!!!! I'll try and learn as much as I can with them...maybe in time I'll take a french course myself. I'll try to convince MR. DUG to try it out too.....LOL for those of you who know him!! Lets just say when we went to Australia he didn't understand much of their slang and THEY SPEAK ENGLISH!!!!!! So hopes for learning french with me might be HIGH HOPES!! But alot of my worries about the french program were put to rest.......what if she can't do it will she adjust to english alright? does her english skills suffer at all? what are testing results showing? is there extra help? and so so many more.....but put they were all put to rest.
Our local library has a english and french story time and we go to both so its a slow start to french....and I get to learn pretty much one word a class...last class was cochon....which means pig.
HEY ITS A START!!!!

I'd like to Thank all of you's who left comments or phoned about my decision to seek out a church for my family and me.
I phoned Laura from OrgJunkie and we had quite the lil chat, she was very helpful. I was really leaning towards the Baptist Church the only thing I don't really like is the fact that the sunday school doesn't run at the same time as the service. which would be really hard for me to get the kids to before cuz we live a bit out of town and its an hour before the regular service that right now would be way to long for Parker and Kali. When Dougs off I'm going to go alone first and check it out and ask questions and just get a feel for it...then I'll go from there. Laura said the music is lovely and the church library is wonderful...two very nice bonuses. I know this will take some time so I will be patient. I know the answer will show itself. Thanks again to everyone for your support and wisdom.

I know I keep BLABBERING about how quickly time is FLYING by but it is….it REALLY IS!! Can you believe lil miss KJ is going to be 3 in Sept. So its time for me to start looking into pre schools for her. I find I’m in the need for some advice in this department!! What are some of the things you looked for or considered when choosing a pre school for your child? My SIL sent me some info she had on the subject. ( that girl is a WEALTH of info. ANYTHING you need to find out about she could hunt it down and find something on it!! THX Kim)
Some things she told me that she considered….I WOULD NEVER, EVER OF EVEN THOUGHT OF!!!

** She asks what kind of music they listen to? I would of assumed kids music!! Another reason to NEVER ASSUME! She said shes been to places where rock stations are playing all day broadcasting their music and their talk shows and such…which is not really appropriate for little ears.

** The other thing she asks is if there is a TV. How often are the children watching it? What programs are being showed and if they play movies? If they do play movies do they first ok the film by all of the parents before allowing the kids to see it? What they may consider appropriate I may not agree with.

Anyway theres some points to ponder. Which got me thinking what other things should I be considering? I found it all very interesting what I choose for my child will impact them immensely so the pressure is on to choose wisely!! There are also places out there that limit the amount of toy play they allow so the child can be creative and imaginative. I’d like to look into this more but I’ll be lucky being in a small town if I have any choices at all!!
So what do you think? What do you look for? consider? have any advice?any stories you wanna share? Please do tell!!

I know there are some out their too who choose not to send their children to pre school…..why is that? What are your reasons?

For me I was thinking it’d be good for her to
1.Interact with kids her own age
2.Prepare her for the structure of school and classroom time, instead of just throwing her into the mix.
3.Help her to develop social skills, creativity, and imagination. ( MOSTLY MAKE MESSES OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE!!! Not to say she doesn’t make messes!)
4.And lastly to learn stuff from and with her fellow peers, sometimes children learn faster from discovery and colleagues…..which really scares the begeezus out of me!! This could be both Good and Bad....VERY VERY BAD!!

So there you have it!! Thoughts? Input? Tips? WARNINGS? Do tell!