I was about to ask, "Why? What happens on January 3rd??" but it must be when your daycare resumes. Got it!
I, too, am having a "willingness to participate" problem. My 4 preschoolers are 4 last sept, turning 4 in jan, turning 4 in mar, and the youngest turned 3 last july. Most days, none of them want anything to do with preschool hour. Circle time they are great, but once we sit down at the table to create something to take home (and this IS fun stuff!), they either jack around a great plenty or they slop through it very, very quickly to get back to playing.
I only do preschool mon-thur, and now I'm thinking of cutting off mon to just t,w,th. Really, I don't think they need structured curriculum until the yr before kindy, but parents start getting frantic about it just before they turn 3.
Am I just running out of patience, or are all of you struggling with this for the 3yo and young 4yo age groups?
I, too, am having a "willingness to participate" problem. My 4 preschoolers are 4 last sept, turning 4 in jan, turning 4 in mar, and the youngest turned 3 last july. Most days, none of them want anything to do with preschool hour. Circle time they are great, but once we sit down at the table to create something to take home (and this IS fun stuff!), they either jack around a great plenty or they slop through it very, very quickly to get back to playing.
I only do preschool mon-thur, and now I'm thinking of cutting off mon to just t,w,th. Really, I don't think they need structured curriculum until the yr before kindy, but parents start getting frantic about it just before they turn 3.

Am I just running out of patience, or are all of you struggling with this for the 3yo and young 4yo age groups?
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