Nathaniel » Preparing for toddlerhood

Preparing for toddlerhood

We brought Nathaniel for a trial class at Kid’s Loft on Saturday. We wanted to see how Nathaniel would be like in a classroom environment. Well, we have never been to a toddler class before and were naturally as unfamiliar to the lessons as Nathaniel was!

The teacher was really quite animated and looked like she sprang straight out of Playhouse DIsney. Parents were also very involved and spontaneous as they sang along with the teacher. Yvonne had to “step up” and tried to sing along and to encourage Nathaniel along the class ( I was outside the class as only one parent was allowed in). To be truthful, Nathaniel looked a little overawed by the occasion and wanted to “escape” a few times. When the teacher finished singing one song, Nathaniel would clap his hands as if to say

“ok, thank you, bye bye!”

We thought that many things that the teacher taught were impossible tasks for a toddler at 17 months old. For example, she wanted Nathaniel to return a toy he took from the shelf before taking a new one. Hahahaha, I almost couldn’t control my laughter when I saw mummy “discreetly” keeping the toy for him.

We even had to do art and craft with Nathaniel! Cutting and pasting… . Wah! It was fun though, seeing all the little ones sit at the table, and the parents doing the work instead!

Actually, all the other students were having so much fun singing, dancing and socialising and that made us wonder if we should have brought Nathaniel for such classes much earlier. It was a good experience not just for little Nathaniel, but for us parents as well. Next time, I’m bringing my laptop.. at least I will have something to do while waiting outside the class other than peering in like a gan cheong father!

The verdict is that we have decided to carry on with the classes as we know that sooner rather than later, we have to take little steps to expose our baby to the world. As he approaches toddlerhood, we will also be sending him to playschool soon, so the classes now will be a good experience for him before he attends playschool without us (I can feel mummy’s tears as we speak).. haha. You should have heard how she quizzed the playschool principal on the curriculum and the food they serve etc etc…

Nathaniel’s name on the attendance board

Mummy and Nat with their art work!

As Nathaniel approaches toddlerhood, we pray for God’s wisdom to be with us parents. Bring it on!

7 Comments

The weekend highlights on April 12th, 2009

[...] house after a quick lunch (and a power nap for this mummy) for a trial session at Kid’s loft. It’s Nat’s first class! And ours too. [...]

Lily Ann on April 13th, 2009

You don’t have to worry so much, kids adapt faster. The more kan cheong you are; the kids can feel it and they’ll cry. There’s always the first step in everything and I’m glad Nat is doing so well.
Clever boy!

lish© on April 15th, 2009

ahaha, don’t worry, he will be able to do it himself after a few classes. I also thought E couldn’t when she started at 15 months, but she surprised me when she raised her hands when called, went up to shake teacher’s hand, and took the tag to hang her own name. oh and the “toys away” very effective because we did that at home and she became a packer!

we got lazy over time after she started school outside and did’t do toys away, plus gerlie is the quiet kind, end up now she leaves things everywhere, not packer anymore.. Looks like must practice again.

silver_crv on April 15th, 2009

it going to be really fun for him. And soon he would ask for more! Edgar loves his and alway looking forward to his classes..

See how time flies..we are moving into this stage now…

visinv on April 15th, 2009

Oh good grief… Gee kids now starts very very young. Heck, when I was his age… Actually I don’t remember what I did!!! Hehehehe

But I do know we never had all these classes and playschool and what knots… Haiz… Where has all the simple childhood gone!??!?!

Oh.. Becoming gan cheong parents eh?!?!?

daddy leon on April 15th, 2009

haha, we are feeling very relaxed about it, not gan cheong. Its actually quite fun to explore the potentials of your child. They can amaze us sometimes.