S has been attending preschool for 2 1/2 months now. At first it was hard to pull anything out of him. Whenever we asked what he did at school, he'd say, "I don't know" or "Nothing." But now little bits of information are trickling out of him unprompted.

This week he told me about his music class and about the songs his music teacher has been teaching: a song about reindeers, "Bonhomme Bonhomme" and a song about Hanukkah.

We had told him that not everyone celebrates Christmas and we had mentioned Hanukkah to him before but hadn't gone into any details. Tonight he gave us a lesson in Hanukkah:
-Jewish people celebrate it
-they used to burn oil
-the menorah is a big candle stick holder
-they light a candle when it's dark and let it burn all night
-people have a big party and the kids play with a driedel
-they eat potato pancakes

I'm impressed that he has actually retains so much. I'm also impressed by what the teachers are teaching (e.g. winter holidays other than Christmas!).

When I asked S if he'd like to make latkes and play with a dreidel, he said, "But we're not Jewish." I reassured him that it would be OK for us to celebrate Hanukkah too.