Mommy learns to read, Besher gets dirty
December 9, 2009by Sara
Besh’s wonderful preschool put on a seminar this afternoon so that the parents could learn the Montessori approach to learning reading. Because the seminar was after school, Besh had to go to aftercare. Here’s the conversation we had in the car on the way to school:
Me: Besh. I have something to tell you. You get to go to aftercare today and play. Isn’t that exciting?!
Besh: Why do I need to go to aftercare today?
Me: Well, your teachers are going to be giving the other parents and me a lesson. So you get to play while I’m in class with your teachers. Isn’t that funny?
Besh: I don’t really want to go to aftercare.
Me: I know. I would rather come get you right when school is out. But Mommy has to take a class.
Besh: What lesson are they giving you?
Me: They are giving me a lesson in reading.
Besh: Don’t you ALREADY know how to read?’
I then of course explained that they were going to teach me how to help him learn to read. But his reaction was pretty funny.
It was very cute. In the end, he had a blast at aftercare. He got quite dirty (more so that usual at school). On the way to the car, he said, “Mommy – sometimes it’s really fun to get all dirty and messy.”
