Preparing for Kindergarten: Infant
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Preschool- If They Don't Go, How Do You Prepare Them for Kindergarten?
Asked by C.B. from Charlotte
on October 23, 2006
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My son is in preschool for the second year. So far I have been happy until recently. He is being bullied and I believe his class is under staffed. I spent the day w...
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- Hi I have a 6yr old in 1st grade. She did not have any preschool (her mom had custody). My husband and I thought she would be behid the class so I worked with her on...
- We have five children (which includes a set of twins), all boys except the last is a girl. Our oldest (now 11) went to preschool, I worked, he has excelled in his scho...
- hey i am also a stay at home mom to a 3 1/2 year old boy and a 19 month old boy. i usually do activities with my oldest everyday during the week, its called our lesso...
Preparing for Kindergarten
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on July 20, 2011
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My oldest daughter will be starting kindergarten in a few weeks and I'm in a flurry trying to get everything ready. Gathering school supplies, clothes, making after s...
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- With my oldest, her kindergarten teacher had these cute tea bags with a poem attached for all the "nervous" mommies, I wish I kept the poem it was about now was time f...
- My youngest child, my son will be starting Kindergarten! Its bittersweet. But he seems excited himself. I have explained to him already, that his last month of Pre...
- I didn't really have those sad emotional feelings. When my oldest went to kindy, it's wasn't like separation was something new - she was in daycare since 8 weeks, went...
Ready for Kindergarten
Asked by N.S. from Greensboro
on February 11, 2008
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My daughter is 4 years old and has a September birthday. She has been going to a preschool for two years now and is in the fours class. I recently had a review with he...
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- Sounds like she's ready. I wouldn't worry too much about the shyness. My daughter was shy when she started preK. but WOW! did that change. Mine goes to a public Montes...
- N.- You will not be disappointed. My 2 oldest had to start school as an older 5 because of Texas rules. My 2 youngest could start school at 4 here in NC but we...
- My son has a late September birthday. He is smart too. However, we decided to wait until he was almost 6 for him to start Kindergarten. He just started this fall. ...
When to Start Kindergarten
Asked by C.S. from New York
on January 14, 2010
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I am debating keeping my kids until they are closer to six years old to start kindergarten. They will have just turned five and have never been to preschool or daycar...
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- Dear CS, I think at 6 years old your children will go into first grade. I do not think kindergarten is mandatory. You should let them go to Kg so they have an introduc...
- I believe most children are starting earlier these days. My daughter is 3 and will be turning 4 this November. She will be starting preschool in September. I think if ...
- never been to preschool or daycare? very important aspects of bringing up child esp for social interaction.
Kindergarten Readiness
Asked by H.S. from Cincinnati
on April 26, 2010
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While recently at a preschool field trip with my daughter, I was at a table eating while discussing kindergarten with other moms, and was shocked at how many of the mo...
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- I find this fascinating. Had same issue with my 5 year old last year, born in July. He is in Kindergarten and doing fantastic. Now I am faced with something similar wi...
- Ugh! Parents are so funny. They are so afraid their children will not do well in kindergarten? What on earth do they think is going to happen there? They learn to ...
- My son is in K this year and his birthday is in March. He went to preschool when he was 4 which helped him in most every way prepare for K, especially socially. My y...
Preschool to Kindergarten
Asked by A.A. from Minneapolis
on November 16, 2008
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My little boy turned 2 at the end of July and suddenly we are looking for preschools for Fall 09. It's surreal to be thinking of him as a preschooler when he just turn...
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- My son is an August birthday so we had a similar choice to make. We did 2 years of preschool and he is now in Kindergarten at age 5. The difficulty in starting prescho...
- I will have to make this decision about my son born in July. I had an August birthday and was glad to be one of the youngest in my class. I was usually the tallest g...
- I also sent my just 3 year old (Aug 2) to preschool last year with much hesitation. He is now 4 and in his 2nd year of preschool and still debating to send him to kind...
Kindergarten Enrollment
Asked by C.B. from Milwaukee
on January 3, 2011
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Hi. My son turns 5 in August. Technically he could start kindergarten next year (in September) or we could wait until the following year. Any insight in early vs la...
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- Send him! It's free (preschool isn't) and there will be plenty of others turning 5 this summer. How you have a 4 year old napping for 2-3 hours is AMAZING. Neither of ...
- You know your child best. We have 4 kids, with our boys having July and October birthdays. We decided to hold both of them.. our oldest missed the cutoff by a couple...
- For many years, our state had a July 31st deadline as the age limit for turning 5 if a child could start Kindergarten that school year. If the child's birthdate was A...
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 ...
Kindergarten Help
Asked by H.A. from Naples
on September 27, 2006
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My daughter is behind in her class and the teacher is concerned. I had a meeting with her last week and she said her concern is letters and sounds. She can't recognize...
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- Hi, H.! Buy a book " VTech Write & Learn Letter Book ". This is a great book. My son learned alphabet from this book for a week. http://www.target.com/gp/detail.ht...
- hi, I am not sure if this will help at all, but I was told to start a book called How to teach your child to read in 100 lessons. They sell them on ebay too. All my fr...
- I did remedial rreading when I put my daughter in school at fourth grade. I used the book "reading reflex" and it helped me to tune in on my daughter. I used Bob Boo...
Half or Full Day Kindergarten?
Asked by M.J. from Phoenix
on April 6, 2007
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Hi moms! Right about now I am having butterflies in my stomach. My first child and only son is starting kindergarten this fall. I already have him registered for the e...
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- I would do full day. My nephew went to half day last year and had to take kingergarten over again this year but this time his mom has him in all day and he is doing gr...
- My son just finished Kindergarten. He went to Paradise for Tots. Before enrolled there, for two weeks I had him at a charter school, which was no choice full day. What...
- In the long run, it probably won't make your son more successful academically or in the world if he's in all-day kindergarten, so I would recommend the half-day. They ...
