Recomendations for 3 Yr Old Preschool

When I dropped off my then 18 MO, she cried and they asked me to drop her off and leave. I have seen several children cry for about 2 weeks. One little boy in particular cried for about 3 weeks and they said they may have to take him out if he can't get past it. Eventually he did and he loves school now. The school is very warm, but they have too many other kids to tend to and teach to be able to stop and hold one child in a 3 YO class. He just may not be ready for it and I am sure that is what they were trying to tell you.

Have you considered doing some things at home with him instead. He just might not yet be ready to be away from you. There are lots of great, free preschool things online you can get to do with him.

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You don't have to send him if he is not ready. Three is young. Let him stay with you for awhile and try again when he is 4 and it might work better for him. Good Luck.

I send my 3 and 4 year old to Anna Mae Burdie. It is located on 24 mile, just east of Gratiot. I love it there. I am not sure about openings though.

My suggestion is to contact Peace Lutheran School at 24/Mound. Mrs. Nowak runs up their program. They are wonderful - you might want to give it a try there and see if you get different results. It's a busy time right now with the holidays coming up, but maybe look to start him in January to ensure a more successful transition?

try macomb county head start ###-###-####. the teachers are very caring and have a lot of patients. or try your local school district, libaray or recreation center

Our preschool is great. Immanuel Lutheran at 21/Romeo Plank. On the first day, there were lots of cryers, but they do encourage parents to leave. All of the kids are now fine. Most people will tell you that having you there would make it worse. If he really just can't get over it, even after weeks, he may just not be ready.

.L. I am not trying to be mean when I ask this, but if the teacher helped you with a short good bye did that help? I guess what I mean is three of my children have been to preschool, the first could care less if I was there or when I left, the second liked me to be there but was ok if I wasn't. Now the third one wants me to stay but is a totally different child while I am there. With my first two children we went to Co-Op preschools, they are more family friendly as they are run by the families themselves, along with a certified teacher.

I remember the first time we had a child that cried and screamed when the MOM left. Mrs Schrow took the child to another part of the room and had the Mom leave as the teacher was walking away. As soon as mom was gone the crying stopped, no questions about Mom just a regulator day. Then Dad brought him in and nothing happened at all just "bye Dad see you after school".
This showed me at least that the teacher wasn't being cruel just helping him adjust to a different situation. I do know how hard it is to leave a screaming child when my oldest was in third and fourth grades I stopped into class for my DD Birthday and when it was time to leave the principal had to pull her off me. As soon as she seen me drive away she was fine. I got a call from the school before I was three blocks away.
So I guess the point would be to make appointments with the preschool and see how they handle this kind of situation. You may find that Co-Op's tend to be less strict as to when a parent can be in the room and for how long, as they rely on the parents to help in the classroom monthly.