A day with my thoughts..

Sunday.. it is freezing outside.. rainy for most part of the day...a perfect day to stay in n sleep the day away.. (i wish!!)

My mind drifted back to the early days of hatice's formal education.. Halil n i.. we had always decided not to send hatice to kindergartens (yuva).....The Zaim kids so far go to Coskun schools for their primary school education.... so without needing to discuss the matter, we have always known that our kids(if Allah is willing) would be going to one of the coskun schools as well...

When hatice was destined to enter her pre school education.. we had to crack our brains..which pre school to send her.. there were 2 obvious choices of course..the Çamlıca Coskun where safa n zeynep go to.. or the Yaşar Cimilli Coşkun where keremcan is..These r the primary schools...

But..do these schools have pre school program as well?

We discovered that due to space limitation, the Çamlıca Coskun has their pre school program moved somewhere else.. not within the primary school area.. the other one (Yaşar Cimili) has the pre school program within the primary school area,with its pre school building by itself n yet attached to the main primary school building..

The idea of hatice going to a pre school within the primary school area itself sounded good to our ears.. that would mean that she would be going to school at the same time as the normal primary school kids...she would also be in the same bus service as her cousin keremcan (our front door neightbour).. she would get used to the primary school life system..n yet living the pre school education.... but most importantly.. i can reach the school easily by bus...

Logistics is important to us.. personally, i would love hatice to go to the Çamlica Coskun.. that school is like a fairy tale castle up on the hill where each block is like a small chateau.. and each chateau is only for one grade group of students..the view is magnificent there...!! Very romantic!But then, the pre school would not be in the same primary school area.. ..n like i said earlier on... logistically, it is a bit far off.. not reachable by bus..only taxi..it would be financially suicidal!

Anyway.. these two schools r of the same group.. so educationwise.. their system.. their teachers r trained their way.. according to the coskun schools standard..

Easy access.. though not as fancy as the Çamlıca Coskun School....we had decided that Hatice would go to Yaşar Cimili Coskun..

Coşkun Schools aim to provide COLOURFUL EDUCATİON.. i think besides the too much homework.. i am really happy with our choice..

i see many development in hatice the last few months..

Here is something i take from the school's website:

Coşkun Schools offer a secure structure for good teaching :
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*To educate for life-long learning based on mutual respect.

*To have high expectations for each child and to celebrate their achievements, involving family members and the wider community.

*To nurture children’s social and emotional development and promote independence and self-motivation

* To provide an environment that is welcoming, safe, caring and disciplined, where communication is clear and effective

I think as parents.. we r happy with what we see in hatice ..may she develop into a resourceful person..