1st Day of School: Preschooler
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How Much Does Your 4 Year Old Know (Letters & Numbers)?
Asked by J.L. from Pittsburgh
on July 7, 2012
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My daughter is 4 and I'm wondering if she doesn't know as much as she should in regards to her numbers and letters. She can only identify a couple of letters and she c...
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- My son turned 4 in April. He's never been to any sort of school, granted I plan to homeschool him, so perhaps I've done more than most do. He can read all his letters...
- At 4, both of my boys knew all of their numbers (up to 20), letters (capitol and lowercase), shapes, and primary colors. I used a Magna Doodle to teach numbers, let...
- Your daughter is fine. My son was JUST like that at 4 years old. I never pushed it, nor did his preschool. Then, at turning 5, he went to Kindergarten. I did not w...
Redshirting, "Holding Back" 4 Year Old Daughter for Kindergarten
Asked by D.R. from Chicago
on January 10, 2012
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My daughter has a July 31st birthday. She is currently in 4's preschool. She will just turned 5 for the Sept. 1st cut-off. She is above average academically per her...
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- My daughter's birthday is July 19th and the cutoff here is Sept. 1st. My DD is ahead academically and a little socially immature also. After thinking it through I kne...
- I haven't read the others responses but as a former teacher AND having a son whose birthday is Sept 6 and super advanced (at second grade he was reading at a 6th grade...
- If you send her to Kindergarten next year, when she's 15 years old all her classmates will be 16 or so. A question to ask yourself and your husband: when she's a t...
3 Year Old Starting Preschool with a Newborn at home...I Am Nervous!
Asked by M.S. from Los Angeles
on May 18, 2010
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So, this July we are expecting our 2nd son and my oldest child (son) is going to be 35 months old. I had planned on sending him to preschool for 2.5 hours a day 3 days...
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- Your life is about to turn upside down with a second child in the house. I sent my son to a moms-day-out one day a week when his sister was a baby and I was so glad I ...
- **Adding this: if you send him to preschool at 1:00-3:30.... is this usually his "nap time?" Usually a kid is tried by the afternoon and especially if he is used to na...
- I went through almost exactly the same thing last summer (daughter born in June when my son was 35 months and he started preschool in September). It has been the best ...
Kindergarten Question
Asked by C.M. from St. Louis
on July 17, 2012
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What do you do for the first day of school (not asking specifically about traditions, special memories, etc). What I mean is do YOU take your child to school on the fi...
Kindergarten - First Day on Bus
Asked by A.K. from Minneapolis
on August 29, 2012
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Every time I think of putting her on the bus I want to start sobbing. (I, of course, have hidden this from her and act like everything will be fine). She keeps asking ...
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- My son started riding the bus at 3, yes 3. He transitioned to the school districts early childhood program for speech therapy. I could not take him - we both work so...
- We live too close to the school for the bus. But, if she were going to ride the bus to school, I'd probably end up following the bus in my car to make sure everything ...
- Yep. We just had Kinder camp last week where the Kinder kids come for 3 days to get used to the school before the other kids are there. The first day I got to ride wit...
Am I Expecting Too Much of My 4 Year Old Son?
Asked by E.C. from Miami
on October 11, 2006
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My son Robert is 4 years old. He shows interest in learning to write his letters and numbers and he loves to paint! BUT...... once he starts any of that, all he does...
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- My daughter excelled in learning her letters after I bought her a chalboard/easel. I don't know what it was about the chalk, but it made her want to write and learn th...
- honestly i dont think enything is wrong my daughter is a little over three and i try doing these things with her and she wont do them for me but when she gose to gradm...
- I can say as a former teacher and now stay at home mom, this is a huge frustration to us all. I have a 3 year old son who up til this point has loved learning his let...
Looking for Good Children's Book to Help Prepare 4 Year Old for a New School
Asked by L. from Dallas
on July 14, 2006
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My almost 4 year old son is getting ready to start at a new preschool. He has been at the same day care since he was about 3 months old, and next month he is starting...
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- I don't have a suggestion for a book, but we just we through this with our sons (3yo and 1 1/2 yo) last week. We were very nervious about changing daycares since they ...
- Alexander and the terrible, horrible, very bad, no good day, by Judith Viorst.
- At Preschool With Teddy Bear; by Jacqueline McQuade; Dial Books for Young Readers, 1999 Basil Bear Goes to Preschool; by Marilyn Woody; Gold'n'Honey, 1999 I Can Go...
First Day of School Traditions?
Asked by A.T. from Myrtle Beach
on July 13, 2011
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Moms, I am a mom with a little girl who will be starting Kindergarten in less than two weeks (she is going to a year round school) and I want to make her first day spe...
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- Pictures are a must. My family always did that so I did with my daughter last fall when she started kindergarten. My husband's family always went out to breakfast on...
- Both my husband and I come from a German heritage. In Germany, the first day of school children receive Schultute (school cone) full of wonderful little gifts. We ha...
- Well for my kid we did a video from the time I woke her up, until we hugged and said our goodbyes in the class. We did mini interviews throughout the school of the tea...
Anxiety About Kindergarten
Asked by L.Q. from Washington DC
on July 3, 2008
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My 4 year old daughter will turn 5 years old this month. She has never been in a daycare setting. Although we tried many times over the years, she had severe separatio...
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- Layla, I just want to add that there are some kids who are naturally more sensitive than others. It's part of who they are and not something that you caused or can...
- Hi Layla. I just wanted to tell you that you sound like a wonderful Mom and that your little ones are sure lucky to have you! I cannot even begin to imagine how hard...
- My son ,who is now 24 yrs old, had the same issues. I berated myself for years about how I, no matter his reaction, made him go to school ( because I had to work). So ...
My 3 Year Old Does Not like Preschool
Asked by L.B. from Los Angeles
on July 22, 2008
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We started our little girl at a lovely sweet little neighborhood preschool in April, just 2 days a week 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. We thought it was perfect for her and s...
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- We did something a little unique I wanted to share. My husband has been in school the whole 8 yrs we've been married so far, so we've always been on a tight budget. ...
- Hi L. - Yes! I took my daughter out of a preschool that she started at around age 3. She went there for maybe 2-3 months tops and I felt she was too little. She ...
- Trust your gut instinct. You know better than anyone else what is good for your child. Play time is not that hard to come by and your little one will be just fine. ...
