My Experience with....
7 years ago
Saturday, December 8, 2012
I'm such a nutcase.
You know what i love about blogging? Other moms blog. Therefore I can ask advice and get excited to know that other moms out there perhaps will relate and reply :). OK so Deacon is well on his way to 3 years old. When are you supposed to start them in a real preschool? It is so weird to think he might be ready for that. Where should I take him? He cries whenever he is dropped off at anything. This makes me extremely anxious. I have gone home early from church before strictly just to avoid the anxiety dropping him off at nursery causes me. Sigh. My newest problem with him starting preschool, I am terrified, i mean TERRIFIED of the stories I have heard of kids started to get sick alot once they start preschool. Is that really true? I'm considering hiding me and my kid in our house and never leaving these days haha. I would love to hear some of your insights on this.... :\ I'm obviously scatter brained and a nut case about it so yeah.... thank you so much.
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Addie spent a lot of her first two years sick so preschool was no problem! Other than the occasional cold she has been fine until her strep this weekend. But she's been in school a year and a half. We started her in preschool at 3 because she has such a late birthday and was eager to go to school. She goes 4 days for 4 hours each day. Its been great for her. She can count in the hundreds, is sounding out words, can write all her letters, etc. She also needed the socialization. She didn't have a lot of friends and was really shy and since preschool her church teachers were shocked by how much Addie changed and how much more confident she was. Addie was excited for school though, and was almost 4 before she began.
This is just my opinion, which I know differs from many around here :) I never sent Grant or Grace to 'formal' preschool. We moved here 6 years ago and I was shocked at how soon people put their (young) kids in preschool (back west it was not such a big deal). I was comforted when our pediatrician offered his opinion at Grace's 3 yr check up when asked if she attended preschool and I said no...he said that was refreshing to hear-saying that the best things for young kids is to love them, let them be kids and answer their questions, that preschool isn't a must. Group settings is good for socialization, but I think our church does a great job of doing that with nursery/primary and getting together with other moms. So we have done a different variety of 'preschools' with Grant and Grace, all done in a co-op type setting (with other moms, rotating taking turns hosting) and Grace does Mariann's preschool one morning a week this year too. My take is let kids be kids....kindergarten will be a wonderful time to start all that 'school' stuff :) And I think my time being with them at home is way too short, I chose to be a stay at home mom, so in my mind that is my job to do until she is in school. Obviously everyone does what's best for them and their kids. good luck!!
I heart Trinity Baptist Preschool. Zoe, Kaija, and Susie have loved going there as 3 and 4-year-olds. I love the preciously cute things they learn to do there as well as a few hours to myself each week. Different strokes for different folks, of course, but having your child know how to stand in a line, wait for a turn, etc. are practical skills so helpful to have already learned by kindergarten that you're just not going to get with mom swaps. There's about 15 women in our ward who have sent their kids to Trinity who will say the exact same thing! (I can also think of several who have sent their kids to Asbury off Hughes and have been very pleased there as well.) Deacon and Isaac would be so cute together in the T/Th young 3's class with Ms. Jean Ann and Ms. Judy. They're saints! ;) But I think you can do a lot of different things and still do right by Deacon and feel good about being a "stay at home" mom. Why did I just type all this? I could have told you this on the phone. :)
OH thank you thank you for your answers!!! :)
I stressed over this a lot when Hailey was little, and ending up going two different ways. H did formal preschool (through the public school's special needs program) and Melanie did mom swap preschools. I think some kids thrive at preschool and some kids better thrive at home or in moms groups. As a teacher, academically speaking, I don't think you have to worry about a child being "ready" or "behind" for kindergarten. All incoming kids get the same curriculum no matter if the know how to hold a pencil or if they're writing stories. Just think about what Deacon needs, which environment is right for him.
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