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OWL training approaches.
Tomorrow afternoon I leave for OWL training. It's being held at a Swedenborgian retreat center outside of Philadelphia. (I just like to say "Swedenborgian.") The place looks beautiful, but that probably doesn't matter, because the training schedule is crazy intense: on Saturday, for example, we're in training from 9am to 9:30pm. Still, I'm looking forward to it. I've heard that it's fun.
I'm really hoping that I come home feeling competent to teach this course! Parent orientation is just in a couple of weeks. I keep reminding myself that this has been a very successful curriculum nationwide, which must mean that the teachers don't have to be able to walk on water in order to make it work.
Michael and Alex are going to be solo for the weekend. We've done this once before, last January, but Alex was a lot younger. I'm not sure how it's going to go. We've explained to her a couple of times that I'm going away to a special school, and that I'm going to have dinner there and sleep there, and she will stay just with Papa until I come home. And I made her a little calendar to map out how long it will be until I come home, and what she'll do in the meantime. She's still pretty unclear on time concepts, so I don't know if the calendar will be helpful or not.
Any recommendations from the other parents out there? Also, I'm putting the calendar below the cut, and would appreciate advice on making it clearer.
This is supposed to convey: On Friday, she'll go to nursery school. One night will go by. On Saturday, she'll have a play date with Zoe and spend time with Papa. Another night will go by. On Sunday, she'll go to church. Then she'll see our friends Jen and Megary. After that, Mama comes home.
I'm really hoping that I come home feeling competent to teach this course! Parent orientation is just in a couple of weeks. I keep reminding myself that this has been a very successful curriculum nationwide, which must mean that the teachers don't have to be able to walk on water in order to make it work.
Michael and Alex are going to be solo for the weekend. We've done this once before, last January, but Alex was a lot younger. I'm not sure how it's going to go. We've explained to her a couple of times that I'm going away to a special school, and that I'm going to have dinner there and sleep there, and she will stay just with Papa until I come home. And I made her a little calendar to map out how long it will be until I come home, and what she'll do in the meantime. She's still pretty unclear on time concepts, so I don't know if the calendar will be helpful or not.
Any recommendations from the other parents out there? Also, I'm putting the calendar below the cut, and would appreciate advice on making it clearer.
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This is supposed to convey: On Friday, she'll go to nursery school. One night will go by. On Saturday, she'll have a play date with Zoe and spend time with Papa. Another night will go by. On Sunday, she'll go to church. Then she'll see our friends Jen and Megary. After that, Mama comes home.