Madeleine's Toddler Class!

Today was Madeleine's 1st day in her toddler class! Madeleine and I are taking this class together through a local community college. Parent and child go to class together. During our 2-hour class, there's a period set aside for Parent Education. Every other week I am with half the parents who meet with the parent education instructor for discussion and support while the other parents are with the children and their teachers. Then the next week, my group will be with the children while the other half goes for parent education.

Here's is our "1st day of school" picture...I had to do it!

Every morning Madeleine watches out the window for the school bus to pick up the neighborhood kids...here she is seeing it drive up the street. Oh boy!

Now pointing and telling mommy, "bus, bus".

Madeleine's favorite part of the class today was the sensory table! She loved playing with the colored rice and scooping and pouring and scooping and pouring and...

Learning her shapes!

She also liked walking the dog. They actually had a few other stuffed animal dogs with a string tied around the neck for a leash and she loved it! It reminds her of walking Lucky around the house. I think I'll have to do this at home...such a simple toy!

And here is my awesome find from craigslist - a push tricycle for $10! After class we played outside for awhile! She had lots of fun today!