Pre-K For Your OWN Kids

[SunflowerMama]

My twin girls will be 4 in a month and have always been with me. I'm wondering if I should find something for them next year that is a few days a week just to get them adjusted to the idea of being away from me.

What do the rest of you do that have children? Just straight to kinder?

One concern is that because I have the childcare and can't transport, I'd have to find somewhere that either transports the kids or they would have to go a full day and my husband could drop them off and pick them up before/after work.

What did the rest of you do? For the ones that kept your children since birth and then sent them off to kinder when they were 5, how did they handle it? Would you have done it any differently? Any advice would be great!!

[Jewels]

My son just turned 4, and I'm not sending him to preschool, Hes just going to stay with me for a couple more years, and start with kindergarten.

[lvt77]

My Husband I were just talking about this last night. Our son has never been away from me EVER,(horrible i know) with that being said, we want to have him in preschool or d-care at least one year before he starts kinder. We want to know that he can be seperated from mommy and also be able to take direction from other people.

We will also be faced with the transportation issue, but I am thinking about a private academy that is just around the corner from my house that we could walk. We dont have any family close by that could help us, so this is our only plan as of right now...

I think its a great idea for the kids...

[ammama]

My DD didn't go to preschool, I just sent her to kindy. She did fine with it. My next DD (2.5 now), I will probably send to preschool, just because there is a GREAT one that i'm on the managing board off (also runs my older DD's school), and i'd love her to get the experience of being there.

[DCMomOf3]

I have sent all my kids to pre-k. I think my kids adjusted better to Kindergarten with some experience with other authority and bigger classes. I would rather have the adjustment happen before K, so my kids, and the rest of the class, can focus on learning right away instead of having a grace period where kids are still learning to be in a bigger group with different teachers.

[safechner]

My 8 years old daughter went to preschool when she was 5 years old (she was born after Sept 1st). My daycare parents gave me a permission for taking the kids with me to drop my daughter off to preschool and pick her up with no problem. To me, I think it was best for my daughter to have a lot of social with other kids since she have been staying with me since birth. I have a very small group of daycare kids like 2 or 3 kids. She is very shy type and very quiet girl. She loved her preschool. Her teacher told me once she is very smart and very highest level which she doesn't need preschool but I explained to her that she needs to be around other hearing kids. Her father is hearing but he don't talk very much just like both of my daughters. I do talk a lot (using sign language). She is now 2nd grades and she is doing well. My oldest daughter attended preschool when she was 2 1/2 years old to enroll deaf education until she was 5 years old.

Now we have a brand new preschool in our area that they just started about two years ago, I think. I believe they do have bus transportation. You might want to get more information from that preschool in our area.

[littlemonkeys]

I have sent all my kids to pre-k. I think my kids adjusted better to Kindergarten with some experience with other authority and bigger classes. I would rather have the adjustment happen before K, so my kids, and the rest of the class, can focus on learning right away instead of having a grace period where kids are still learning to be in a bigger group with different teachers.

I am doing the same for adjustment reasons. My LO has an August bithday and will go to Pre-K the year he can actually start K.

[Danielle]

My son is preschool age now. I plan to homeschool as long as possible.

[momatheart]

I was a daycare mom when my daughter was younger and she went straight to Kindergarten.

[SunflowerMama]

Now we have a brand new preschool in our area that they just started about two years ago, I think. I believe they do have bus transportation. You might want to get more information from that preschool in our area.

Do you know the name of it by chance?

[safechner]

Yes, I do. It is called Herman E. Lawson Early Childhood preschool. It is just cross the street from Slaughter Elem school.

[momatheart]

There are a lot of positives to putting him in preschool before going to Kindergarten.

1. being with his peers
2. taking direction from a teacher
3. transitions from one activity to another (can't always finish building that building when it is group time/learning time with the teacher)
4. being away from mom
5. feeling of independence


Infact we have had daycare mom's who do drop off for preschool a few days a week.

[Momof2Boys]

My oldest son will be 4 in March and I am wondering about the whole transportation ordeal too...

We are checking out a preschool on Monday morning that is down the street from us, however, our winters are generally too wet and cold to walk that far (especially with little ones). My husband could take him in the mornings on his way to work, but I would have to figure out how to get him home.

Maybe you could coordinate with another mom and have her assist you with transportation? I think this is what I am going to have to do...


Oh, I wanted to add, that I was one of those kids who was with mommy from birth and went straight to Kindergarten. I had a very hard time adjusting, and ended up having to repeat Kindergarten. I know all kids are different, but this is a big reason for why I am going to send my boys to preschool before they start Kindergarten. I want them to have a chance to ease into it and get used to being away from me. They offer half day Kindergarten classes here (5 days a week), and I might go that route before sending them to school full-time (1st grade).

[lvt77]

My oldest son will be 4 in March and I am wondering about the whole transportation ordeal too...

We are checking out a preschool on Monday morning that is down the street from us, however, our winters are generally too wet and cold to walk that far (especially with little ones). My husband could take him in the mornings on his way to work, but I would have to figure out how to get him home.

Maybe you could coordinate with another mom and have her assist you with transportation? I think this is what I am going to have to do...


Oh, I wanted to add, that I was one of those kids who was with mommy from birth and went straight to Kindergarten. I had a very hard time adjusting, and ended up having to repeat Kindergarten. I know all kids are different, but this is a big reason for why I am going to send my boys to preschool before they start Kindergarten. I want them to have a chance to ease into it and get used to being away from me. They offer half day Kindergarten classes here (5 days a week), and I might go that route before sending them to school full-time (1st grade).

wow same exact story here.... I never went to preschool. My mom was a ****er. I cried my eyes out and never made me go back. I too was held back in kinder. I had seperation anxiety, having to be away from my mom.

This too is what I fear about my own lil guy. I need to know that he will be able to make that adjusment slowly instead of just getting thrown into the 5 days a week kinder...
think that we are on the right track...
let me know how it goes....

[WImom]

I didn't send either of mine but I did put them in rec department activities (dance, art, soccer, etc) to get used to following directions of someone else and being away from me. They both did fine in K5.

I will add that my childcare is only preschool age and I run it like a preschool so I'm not sure if that helped them or not.