Back to Work

Yes, it's official. After a 4+ year hiatus, I am back to work. Full-time. I will definitely post more details soon, but the long and the short of it is this: Sarah is MILDLY developmentally delayed. MILD kiddos don't qualify for ANY services in the public school system. The recommendation is that she attend 3-5 days of preschool with "normally developing" children her age so they can serve as role models and she can learn from their example(s). I don't have money to put my kid in preschool one day let alone 3-5 days. So, in order to make that happen, I will be working at K*ndercare Learn*ng Center that is being built right outside the gates to my neighborhood. Can we say CONVENIENCE? Can we say WALKING DISTANCE? I will do whatever it takes to see that Sarah gets what she needs and she can continue to progress. So here I am blogging about it with 24 minutes left of my 30 minute lunch break on my FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK.

P.S. In answer to Gab's question, I have consolidated my Kindermusik schedule from 4 to 5 classes per semester to 2 classes possibly 3. I will only be teaching KM classes on Tuesday mornings. Silver Sneakers will continue at least for now . . . since at the time of hire I asked for Tuesdays completely off and Thursdays 2 hour lunch break (so I can go teach/exercise). Piano lessons will be on Tuesday afternoons and/or Saturday mornings (when it's the "off season" for baseball).

P.P.S. Mateo will also be doing Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten at my place of employment. Mateo will be in the classroom next to my enrichment classroom and Sarah will be two classrooms away. So although I am "going to work full-time", two of my three kiddos will be under the same roof as me.

P.P.P.S. I was hired to teach the enrichment classes (phonics, reading, math, Spanish, and ABC Music and Me (Kindermusik program) . I just found out today I will be focusing on phonics, reading, and Spanish. I will be training another enrichment teacher how to do the math and ABC Music and Me programs.