Tiggerific linked a post about Back to School Traditions that mentioned taking pictures of her grandson’s classroom. She wanted her grandson to feel more comfortable at a new school he was attending so, she made a poster of things that were in his new room.
That idea stuck in my head as a went to JDaniel’s preschool open house last week. I took lots of pictures of his room and his teachers and put them in a frame.
I decided to use the pictures to help him share about his day with my husband when he comes home from work.
I get to pick JDaniel up from school. When I do, I get to read what he has done in class on a white board outside his classroom.
My husband doesn’t have that advantage. By the time he gets home Jdaniel has had six hours to do more things that now may occupy his mind and the preschool thoughts may have been replaced with digging in the dirt or playing with a friend ones.
The pictures in the frame are there to jog JDaniel’s memory. I have a pictures of the calendar area, work tables, free play area, his teachers, and the snack time prayers in his classroom.
We will be keeping the frame in the kitchen so, JDaniel and his dad can use them as starting points to share his preschool time.
My husband can ask him about what he did in each area of the room by pointing to the picture helping JDaniel reach back into his mind for the details.
My frame is not well done. If you like this idea and decide to do it for your own children, please let me know and I would love to see it.
This post is linked to Alphabe Thursday, Link and Learn, and the Mommy Club Linky Party.
so cute!
That is a Tiggeriffic Idea~!~! I’m going to do this for Ben. I’ll have to make two.. One for his dad and one for his Mom. Ben goes to daycare after pre-school. The poster that I made for him was wonderful.. Made his first day of school so easy..Have to be one step ahead of this boy when it comes to change.
I worked on this computer yesterday and it looks like Ill be able to make a comment here.
I loved your post about mom’s crying because there children going to school.
Have a Tiggeriffic and a Blessed day~!! Love your blog~!
That is such a cute idea! I love it!
What a brilliant idea! It should definitely help start the conversations!
That’s a very good idea. Let us know if it works!
Cool! This would have been something interesting to do with mine when they were young. I shall keep in mind for the future for grandkids!
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Cathy Kennedy,
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Great idea!
I love that idea! You are so creative! I think that would help my preschooler too.
This is a wonderful idea.
If I were a child, I would feel such safety in these memories.
Nicely done, what a special mom you are.
This is a smart idea. My youngest just doesn’t like school (double period, exclaimation point). Maybe this would make it more special. And by having the pictures to look at all weekend, the transition back to class on Monday morning might no be so hard.
What a cool way to jog your son’s memory. Pretty neat!
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Very creative!
Fantastic way to teach and share and love!
Absolutely wonderful!!!
What a COOL idea!
This is such a great idea!
What a great idea!
This is a VERY clever idea for a pre-schooler. You’re one smart mama!!
what a great idea. Most of us are so visual in the first place. {:-Deb
Oh yes! An awesome idea! How wonderful to be able to see the places in the classroom and then have time to talk with mom and dad about the day :o)
Blessings & Aloha!
What a good idea!
That’s a great idea!
Your posts almost – I said almost – make we want to be a mom… 😀 Another fun idea I would pass on if I knew anyone with a child starting school.
I am curious if this really worked out for you. When Anna went to preschool getting an information about what she did there was like pulling teeth, and she is normally very talkative. Now when she is in K, it’s only marginally better. It’s more common that something will spill out during relaxed cuddling or throwing a ball than during “a quiz time”.
I think this is a brilliant idea, which I will share with my sisters who both have small children going to pre-school!
Well, anything that makes people to talk more about their days is a great idea! 🙂
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Birgit
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What a wonderful idea! I do a five questions thing when I pick up my Grands. Used to do the same with my kids when they were small. Best part of your day, worst part of your day, something you learned today, something someone said to you today, what you hope to do tomorrow at school.
It was a silly routine. I miss it.
Darn, I took such a walk down memory lane I forgot to thank you for linking this terrific post to Alphabe-Thursday this week.
A+
so cool!
i am totally going to steal it once broxton starts school..
love it..
you know, you could also wait until walgreens has those free collages..
(or just pay the $4) and print them every so often as things change in his classroom and then point to them, leaving it on the fridge, as its only an 8×10