Preschool? XP Toddlers 24+ Board
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DD's birthday is September 7th and the cut-off to start school in our city is September 1st, so we've always known DD will be the oldest in her class. We plan to start her in preschool right before her fourth birthday. That way she does two years of preschool then moves on to Kindergarten when she's 5 going on 6.
We were at DD's 2.5 year appointment yesterday and the pedi asked if she was starting preschool in the fall. I said no and explained why but said she does take a gym class and does story time once a week. She then said, "But no separation classes? Nothing that takes her away from mommy?" When I told her no the pedi left it at that, but it made me start to wonder if she is suggesting that this might be a problem in the future.
Before I had DD I was a teacher myself, so obviously I don't see a problem with waiting until she's older to do separation, but maybe I'm missing something?
Re: Preschool? XP Toddlers 24+ Board
Though, he easily seperates from me! Well, for sitters and
Eh -- where I live it seems like parents of kids with early September birthdays are divided about 50/50 on whether they start preschool when the child is almost 3 and do three years of preschool, or start preschool when the child is almost 4 and do pre
My son tried a music class by himself at age three and hated it. I hated it too, I wanted to be part of it with him!
He started preK two days a week this fall and we had 5 or 6 days that were really hard at drop off. It was all new to him and he
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My oldest only went to a year of preschool before K due to costs (we were in Manhattan so preschool was insanely expensive but we were able to enroll her in free universal preK in order to go to school at 4). I would have loved to send her earlier, but
Oh, and I should add that our public library does a free drop off story time for preschoolers once a week. It's only half an hour, so I don't actually leave but DD doesn't know that. They read a few stories and do a craft, so it's similar to preschool.
DD1 Feb 2010
DD2 Sept 2011