三男が今の中学でインターナショナルな教育を受けるに至った要因の一つに、保育園の破綻がある。
長男次男が2歳から小学校入学前まで通った保育園に、三男は生後4カ月から通っていた。
いい保育園で、幼稚園のバスストップの送り迎えをしてくれるので、3歳からは二重保育に。
ところが保育園が破綻してしまい、急遽保護者への説明会が行われた。
小さい子以外は、基本的にやめてくださいと言われたのに対し、三男たちは幼稚園の送り迎えがあるしということで最後まで面倒を見てくれることに。
破綻してしまったので、新たな保育園に買収されました。
その新しい保育園がプレインターナショナルスクールの形態をとっており、三男たちは幼稚園が休みの日は強制的にそこに送り込まれる結果に。
朝からずっと英語で過ごす環境。
嫌がる子はたくさんいたけど、三男はおいしいおやつに惹かれたのと、そもそもそういう環境が好きだったのとで喜んで通うように。
無事に保育園と幼稚園を卒業してから、学童保育を決めるときにも、わざわざ英語教育のあるところがいい(あとから考えたらおやつ目当てだった)ということになり、探して、結局６年間通った。
中学受験はあまり得意ではなかったけど、英語の環境でもやっていけるだろうというのを唯一の事実として、今の中学に。
英語力そのものは大したことないけど、英語でずっと授業をされてもあまり嫌ではないのは大きい。
保育園の破綻がここにつながるとは思ってもみなかったよね。
おもしろいよね！
One of the reasons why my third son became a junior high school student of an international course was bankruptcy of his nursery.
He went to the nursery which my twin sons had been to from two years old to before entering elementary school.
It was a good nursery for mothers to see off and pick up the children at bus stop of kindergartens.
He had been to a kindergarten as well as the nursery since he was three years old.
But suddenly it failed and the parents were gathered for an explanation.
We were told that the children who were less than three years old had to leave the nursery.
However, some children including him who went to the kindergarten as well were allowed to keep going to it.
It was bought by a different nursery due to its bankruptcy.
The new nursery provided international education in English and he was brought to it when his kindergarten was off.
He was happy to be there because snacks were very tasty and he liked the atmosphere although many children didn’t like it.
After he graduated from the kindergarten and nursery, he selected an international after-school because of its snacks and had been to it for six years.
He was not good at studying for entering junior high school but he could select the international course in terms of the fact which was that he would be able to learn in only English.
He is not a good English speaker but we were pushed by that he likes in the environment in English.
We never imagined that the bankruptcy of the nursery would connect to it.
How interesting!