Separation Part 2
Nov 21This is the second installment of my series of posts on separation. The first post can be found here: www.yikedat.com/parenting/separation/. While the first post talked about the “Why” of separation, this post will discuss the “How”. How to prepare yourself and your child for separation, and how to handle separation anxiety when it comes up. I know, I know, it’s...
Kindergarten or Juilliard? Hard to Tell The Difference
Nov 20As you probably know, I live and work in San Francisco. This year, I’m teaching in the pre-k class the preschool where I work, and lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time working on massive piles of paperwork to recommend my children to kindergartens throughout the city. The process of applying to kindergarten in San Francisco is a little ridiculous – okay, it’s a lot...
Brownie Time
Nov 16I hate to cook. I order in and eat out way too often for my wallet’s liking, but it’s just so much easier and more satisfying than spending my time cooking a meal that takes a quarter the time to eat as it did to make! I should clarify, I hate to cook, unless I’m working with children… I have absolutely no explanation for this, but for some reason I’ve always found...
Princesses are Actresses; Talking Cars are Real…
Nov 13Have you ever asked a child under the age of say, six, if something is real or pretend, and then listened to their answers; have you ever asked them, “Why?” or “How do you know?” You’ll get some really interesting answers. I once had a conversation about reality with a group of five year olds regarding princesses. We were discussing weather princesses were...
It’s been a while…
Nov 12Yes, I know, I haven’t posted anything in months. It’s been busy. I moved from Los Angeles back to San Francisco, and returned to work for the school that I taught at when I lived here before. I have to admit that part of the reason I haven’t written anything in so long is that I got a little bored, so I’ve decided that I’m going to change the topics and style...
Separation
Apr 02This will be the first of a new series on Separation. It is a topic that, in my opinion, is to broad and to important to delve into in just one post. This first in YikeDat’s new series will focus on the “Why” of separation. Why does separation happen? Why is it important? Why is it so easy for some children, and so difficult for others. As a preschool teacher, I’ve witnessed...
Toys, Toys, Toys
Mar 29
In today’s western society, we fill our lives with stuff. We have our electronics that keep us “connected” to the world around us, we have our furniture, our homes, our cars, our TVs and computers, gadgets and gizmos, food, credit cards, cash, bank accounts, various nic-nacs and decorations and much, much more. Children, also have huge collections of stuff for themselves; stuff that we...
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs!
Feb 26
I have to start off by saying that my cousin, Tyler, recently wrote a blog about his and his brother’s hysterical experiences with pets when they were children. It got me thinking about pets myself. Read his blog here. Early last month, I got a kitten. His name is Berlioz (thanks to a former student of mine who named him via a suggestion on FaceBook through his mom), and he’s...
Find YikeDat On