Kelli FrancisFeb 16, 20194 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 02.11.19 – 02.15.19It was a week full of love! From the classroom Valentine’s Day celebration and its lead-up to several tender moments with classmates, Kat...
Kelli FrancisFeb 9, 20195 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 02.04.19 – 02.08.19Kate was high-energy this week, even waking up at 3:30am on Tuesday morning (and staying awake for THREE hours! Needless to say, I let he...
Kelli FrancisFeb 2, 20195 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 01.28.19 – 02.01.19Kate’s facilitator is working alongside me and the rest of our early childhood intervention team to teach Kate sign language, and as a re...
Kelli FrancisJan 26, 20192 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 01.21.19 – 01.25.19This week, Monday was a holiday and I kept Kate home on Tuesday and Wednesday because she had the cold that seems to be reaching everyone...
Kelli FrancisJan 19, 20193 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 01.14.19 – 01.18.19This week, Kate began participating in a new weekly break-out group offered by the school’s occupational therapist. I keep the school up-...
Kelli FrancisJan 16, 20194 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 01.07.19 – 01.11.19Kate was happy to return to school this week, following the holiday break. I’d scheduled a visit from Kate’s occupational therapist, whic...
Kelli FrancisDec 14, 20184 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 12.10.18 – 12.14.18As I was driving away from the school one morning this week, I received a text message from a member of the school’s management team. One...
Kelli FrancisNov 10, 20184 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 11.05.18 – 11.09.18At the end of this week, on Saturday, we celebrated Kate’s 5th birthday. Not only did 15 friends show up at a trampoline park to help her...
Kelli FrancisNov 2, 20182 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 10.29.18 – 11.02.18In Kate’s classroom every Monday morning, the children talk about their weekends in a structured exercise. Kate’s facilitator has been us...
Kelli FrancisOct 26, 20182 minKate's Preschool Adventures 10.22.18-10.26.18It was a fun week that included seeing my little mermaid and her classmates show off their Halloween costumes in the school’s annual para...
Kelli FrancisOct 19, 20182 minKate's Preschool Adventures 10.15.18-10.19.18I love the amount of interaction that goes on in Kate’s classroom – from classmates taking turns during an activity to exploring areas of...
Kelli FrancisOct 12, 20182 minKate's Preschool Adventures 10.10.18-10.12.18Kate’s eye contact and gross motor imitation are sharply on the rise lately – two goals of her early childhood intervention that are bein...
Kelli FrancisOct 5, 20183 minKate’s Preschool Adventures 10.01.18 – 10.05.18 I don’t need to wonder, as an inclusion parent at Peachtree Presbyterian Preschool, what goes into my daughter’s excitement about going t...
Kelli FrancisAug 3, 20181 minRecognizing my KatePeachtree Presbyterian Preschool has seemed to understand and recognize Kate from day one. When they talk about her, they never fail to d...
Springtime at PeachtreeAug 1, 20183 minAt long last, the right schoolKate’s former preschool management team shared with me privately that they felt Kate needed to move to a school better suited to her need...
