Today, hubby dropped Justin at school after 10am and left immediately. When I went there after my class at about 11.30am, the kids were having music class in the other room with the door closed. I didn’t hear any kid crying, so Justin must be enjoying himself inside.

I talked to the principal about how he’s doing. Apparently, Justin cried for daddy after he left. He didn’t want any teacher to be near him, except one. He sticked to that teacher the whole morning!

When the music class ended, and the kids were coming out from the room, I heard him crying for mommy. This time, mommy was really here! The teacher said he’s ok, cried once in a while, but managed to stop and enjoy himself too. I was glad to hear that.

We didn’t leave immediately. Justin had to stay for lunch, and he wanted me to sit beside him. The boy sat opposite him was enjoying his porridge really well, kept telling me “Good, this is good, I like it” and Justin followed him “Good, mommy this is good, I like it”.

I was holding back my laughter as I know Justin doesn’t really like porridge, he prefers rice! But he’s imitating the boy! The boy finished his lunch quite fast and asking for more. Justin tried to do the same, but he was too full to ask for more, he took water instead.

I’m so happy to see him being so obedient eating by himself. He’s willing to eat by himself at home, but seldom finishes the meal and I or my maid has to feed him. Maybe he is at school, that’s why. He’s learning from the other kids.

I think I made a right choice enrolling when he’s still young. It’s only Montessori style where he will learn at his own pace, no homework no books (except reading session). That’s the kind of education system I like my kids to have.

After lunch, we left, and Justin waved bye-bye to everyone, but he still refused to hug the principal.

He’s so tired when we got home. He took more than 2 hours nap in the afternoon, and went to bed before 9.30pm! That means I have more free time blogging!!!

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I brought along Justin to a Montessori in Canning Garden to ask for more info about the preschool this morning. Once we got there, the kids greeted us good morning and Justin was already warmed up and wanted to join them!

He sat down with the kids playing some blocks and when I told him I’d be in the room talking to the principal, he said ok. He didn’t look for me for more than 15 minutes! When I got out and said that we’re leaving, he refused to go with me. He said “Mommy go home, Justin stay here.”

Wah, I couldn’t believe my ears. Did he know what’s he talking about? It’s only his first time there and he asked me to leave him behind. Suddenly, I felt that my boy has really grown up. I waited beside him, and the principal was also persuading him to leave first and come the next day as I was really in a rush! Finally, he agreed to leave when she said he should have his school bag with his stuffs like the rest of the kids.

However, there’re still some objections at home of sending him to school now. Hubby suggested that we wait until March, and will bring him there again to see if he really wants to enrol. I still have a few preschool to select from, so this hunting process will take some time.

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I actually planned to enrol Justin to Montessori this month, but due to lots of protest from hubby, MIL, my mum and my maid, I delayed my plan. Why am I so eager to send him off to pre-school?

1. He’s considered as 3 years old this year, and if he’s going to nursery next year when everyone’s else is 4 years old but he’s only 3 (born in Dec), he’ll have a hard time fitting in.
2. Hubby wants our kids to enrol in proper kindy and chinese school later, which means there’ll be more homework, and more academic based teaching method, and Justin may not be ready for it next year. By starting with Montessori, I hope he has a chance to get used to schooling environment, making friends, tuning up his motor skills for writing, get adapted to dicipline, and etc, before starting kindy or nursery later.
3. He has nothing much to do but kacau me only when I’m trying to make money blog! No lah, I can’t do much also in the morning as I got to watch Isabelle and my maid is busy with the house chores. It’s just that I’ve been playing puzzles, reading, singing phonic songs, watching Barney and playing toys with him, but he still WANTS MOMMY! He’s still too young to be independant, so I’m also doubt he’s ready for pre-school.
4. He keeps telling me he wants to go to school like koh koh jie jie, but I think he’s clueless about what school really is.

So, I’ll start looking for Montessori or pre-school after CNY, and will bring Justin along to see if he likes it or not, just like the way we started with Kindermusik. His new semester of Kindermusik starts tomorrow and he’s so excited about it. Well, at least he has a chance to make friends with other toddlers about his age, and learn some singing and dancing there. Most importantly, he wants to go and likes the class.

Thus, I’ll leave him to decide if he’s ready for Montessori.

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