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Written by Shari
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 06:05 |
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My daughter 3.5 was having some difficulties getting used to her new preschool. Prior to arriving at the stairs of the school, she would say mommy - not today, I don’t want to go, I will stay with you today! Leaving her at preschool was just as hard for me as it was for her,
watching her with tears in her eyes while saying good bye in the mornings brought tears to my eyes. I would quickly turn away so that she wouldn’t see me! I decided to give Ma’ayan my special friendship stone that evening before going to bed. I told her that this is a special gift from me to her, it is our friendship stone. She looked at it, examined it! We talked about the beautiful colors and how they changed when holding it at different angles. I told her that she can put it in her bag that she takes to preschool, and if she is feeling sad or misses me during the day, she can go to her bag take out her special friendship stone, hold it real tight, close her eyes and pretend that she is hugging me and I am hugging her back! Ma’ayan thought that this was a great idea. The next morning, in the rush to get out of the house on time, she asked mommy is my friendship stone in my bag? I couldn’t believe that she remembered! I told her that it was - and that it would always be there for her!
Later that week, in the afternoon when I went to pick Ma’ayan up from preschool, her teacher called me over to the side and asked Shari what is in Ma’ayan’s bag? When ever she seems to be a little sad or upset about something, she goes out to her bag for a few minutes - and then comes back smiling? I went to get Ma’ayan’s bag and together with Ma’ayan we explained to her teacher all about Ma’ayans special friendship stone.
The teacher was impressed....so am I! Today a few weeks later, Ma’ayan goes to preschool smiling every morning, kisses me goodbye and tells me I better hurry or I will be late for work! She makes sure that it is in her bag EVERY morning and she has proudly shown her friendship stone at show and tell .
She loves her stone! |
