It keeps coming...any teachers..??

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It keeps coming...any teachers..??
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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 1:21pm

I just called the school that my Boys will be going to Kindergarten at

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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 3:26pm

Oh geez, this just happened to a friend of mine with her twin girls.

Jennifer

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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 6:14pm

So, I spoke to the principal and she listened to what I had to say and she agreed to keep them together in the same classroom, she said that I had valid points. So we set up a time next week so I could go and see the school and such.. WELL as we were hanging

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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 8:44pm
Fill me in, Heather. I haven't had little ones for many years. Why isn't all day kindergarden an option? I thought that was the wave of the future. It's ALL they offer here. LOL Glad to hear that you were able to present your case & are moving forward. Good luck! (((hugs))) jan


 

 


 



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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 9:25pm

Are you worried about full day because of the health issues? I agree - this is kind of the wave of the future. In my town the kindegarten extends to 1:30pm. And honestly, I was like - wow...what a break for me that will be in a few years!!!

Where your boys have been home, I can identify with the fact that it is scary to send them off. Hopefully all their health issues will be resolved by then and you can sit back and relax - and enjoy the time to yourself. Kids are SO adaptable...so no matter what you do, they will be fine fine fine.

My three year old started preschool two days a week this past fall...he is only there 2 hours each day. The first week I was like crying, what am I doing just leaving him there??!!! He had never been in daycare or anything before. He was upset the first two weeks as well, crying when I dropped him off. Now...he asks to go every day and when I drop him off he is sprinting out of the car!! It has been so good for him, I can't believe all he has learned and the social skills he is developing. And, I must admit - the break two times a week has been great! I go to the gym, I go get some coffee, etc etc...I actually have ME time. Woo Hoo!!!

Try not to worry to much now and get freaked out right away. I know with the anxiety, i tend to catastrophise (sp?) and think of doom and gloom for the future. Probably best to sit with it a bit and think about what the best options are...think it over some and chat with other moms. I always find that helpful.

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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 9:48pm
All day is not an option because they have been home with me for five yrs and to just send them to an all day K is IMO wrong.... had I know this I may have had them start slow and go to preschool. Also 1/2 of my city has all day and 1/2 has 1/2 day... from what I was told the all day is in demamd so I shouldn't have too much trouble getting them into another school. I
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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 12:07pm

Well, now you have me worried, too :(

Sheri Ann

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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 1:25pm
I was thinking exactly that - that private school may be the way to go because they typically have more options about what you can do as far as days, hours, etc. I know I feel better with my son kind of easing him in with the perschool right now. And, I have heard that boys have a harder time with leaving their moms and entering school...all my friends with daughters say they could care less about leaving their mothers!
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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 5:02pm

My DD had been at home with my mom since I returned to work when she was a baby. She started full-day Kindergarten in August (9am - 3:30pm) and is doing wonderfully. She loves school and even asks if she can go on the weekends. If you do end up having to do the full day it may not be as bad as you think. Either way, don't worry, kids are very resilient.

Alison

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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 5:26pm

Have you considered home schooling for the boys?


Judy

Judy

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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 7:02pm

Judy,


Yes I have thought about it but I plan on going to school for teaching. I feel as though I need to have an education and be able to support us in case something ever happens to where it is just the Boys as I....Teaching will be a great way for me to still be there for them during the summer and vacations... and I will also be making some money.


I would

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