Arrival Routine - Phong

After two days of difficult arrivals at school, teachers implemented strategies to make it easier for Phong to say goodbye to his parents and to enter the classroom. Hi Phong. Hi. Can you wave to me, Phong? Hi. Good job. Look Phong, we're going to say, bye bye, and walk with me. Do you want to work for a Skittle? Yeah, come on. Let's go walk. Walk with me. Let's go. Look, we're going to walk. Walk with me. Let's go. How about if I have you walk a little bit, but less than yesterday. So maybe when we get to the restroom down the hall, we'll stop and then I'll take him from there. OK. We'll round the corner, then the restroom will be over here. And, Phong, let's go. Let's walk with Charlie. Let's go, let's walk with Charlie. All right. Let's walk to class. Let's walk to class. Bye dad. Bye dad. Let's walk to class. Let's go. Good job. I love the way you're walking right now. I'm so proud of you. Good walking, Phong. Let's go to class. Let's go to class. Walk to class. Walk to class. Let's walk with Charlie, Phong. Let's walk to class. Yayyy! Hi, Phong. Hi, Phong. I wondered if you would sit down and we'll read this story with him? OK. OK. Look Phong. You go to school. Can you touch school for me? Phong, touch school. School. We'll see. Look, Phong. Look, Phong. Bye bye. He's not really looking, is he? He's saying, bye bye. Oh, good waving. We're going to walk to class. We're going to walk down the hall and say bye to dad. You're doing a nice job walking with us. All right, look Phong. We're going to say, bye bye to dad. Say bye bye. Bye bye. Phong, say bye bye. Say bye bye. Wave to dad. Bye bye. Bye bye. I said ball. Ball? You want a ball? Oh well, let's go get a ball in school. Yayyy. You get a Skittle. Here's a-- let's go get the ball. Go ahead, dad. Let's go get the ball. Good job. That's awesome. All right. We're going to go in the door and get a Skittle. Good walking, Phong. Walk with me. Yayy. Walk with me. Let's go. Yayyy. You get a Skittle. Good job. All right, Phong. Look, we're going to say-- come on, let's go a little bit this way. Even today, I'll have you stop a little bit sooner. We're going to walk and then we're going to say goodbye to dad. I say, bye to dad. Bye. And then I get a Skittle. That's right, you're going to say bye, and get a Skittle. Let's go for a walk. Now we're going to say bye to dad, and get a Skittle. I like how you're talking. That's good talking. Let's say bye to dad. Bye, say bye bye, bye bye. Bye dad, bye dad. Say bye bye, go to class. Now let's walk with teacher. OK. Here you go. Let's walk with teacher. Good walking. Come on. Let's walk with teacher. Oh, that's good walking. Let's go in. Good coming in. Yay, good sitting in circle time. Let's sit down and read your book. You did? OK, well, we'll just look at it real quick then. That's awesome. Thank you for doing that at home. How are you today? Are you happy? Are you sad? You happy today? You look happy with that smile on your face. All right. Let's sit right here. And then today, we can try to day goodbye here, and try to go by ourselves, so. Look. Phong, let's look at your book. Time for school. Time for school. Are you ready, Phong? So first, we're going to say bye daddy, and then you can get a Skittle. Say bye, daddy. Say bye. Phong, say bye. Say bye. Say bye, daddy. Bye. Say bye. No, say bye. Oh, good waving. OK, let's go. Thank you. OK, now we're going to, Phong, time to walk with teacher. Walk with me, Phong. Good waving. Nice walking in the classroom. Good. You're ready to go to class? Say bye, mommy. Bye mommy. Mommy has to go to work. Bye mommy. Bye. OK, bye. Good job. Let's go this way. Come on. Good job, Phong.