Topic : Pre-school

  

 I was just curious to what other four year olds we doing what they should know for kindergarden and things like that. 

I work with my girls on a regular basis on academics and of course they are involved in social activities. My daughter's preschool teacher gave us a handout on what the school expects the kids to know and to be working on when they get there. We go by that and you can buy work books for different age levels at the stores and also there are some great websites. www.starfall.com which my kids absolutely love (reading of all stages),www.I knowthat.com is great as well and pbskids.org has some good stuff. You can get print outs from these sites and of course once you figure out what they need to know, you can make up things your self, it really is a lot of fun preparing your kids for school, I love it and am really leaning towards homeschooling with my children. My girls love it when I sit down with them and work on things with them, it really is the highlight of their day.

My son just turned 5 and he will start school this year. His dad who has been out of the picture wants back in his life because of his new girlfriend. She has a 7 year old son. His dad wants our son to just live there a year. Back in September he wanted to sign his rights away to my now new husband. Now he is returning from overseas and wants his son for a year. Is this stable for our son and should i let him go? Will that confuse my son going back and forth? Someone please help.

I wouldn't agree to this personally. I think you need to set up visitation through the courts or something. Why the sudden change in him, not fair to your son what so ever.

we have visitation per decree. but this new gf of his has quite an impact on him. hes threatening to take me to court to fight for cusody of both kids. hes after my daughter as well but since were "compromising" hes leaving that alone. I hate the thought of seperating the kids

My daughter will be 3 years old in February.  She attends a private preschool three half days a week.  I am a stay home mom with her the rest of the time.  My best friend is also a stay home mom.  She has a daughter that will be two right after school begins this fall.  She is afraid to send her daughter to school because she says thather daughter will have 13-14 more years of education and then college, so why not just let her be a kid.  She also wants to spend as much time with her daughter as possible.  And I don't really think that that is necessarily a bad thing, but why wouldn't you want to socialize your child and bring them into a learning environment that is fun.   I am afraid that her daughter will suffer separation anxiety when the time comes for her to actually have to go to school because I don't feel that she will socialized enough.  I am not knocking my best friend for her decision, but I don't understand.  She is a wonderful mother.  Can someone shed some light on this issue and make me see something I am over looking?

A child does not have to be in the system to be socialized. So what if she doesn't want to send her child to preschool, it isn't going to harm the child. I too am a stay at home mom and though my oldest is in preschool at the moment, she didn't start til she was 4, not sure if my little one is going to attend or not, she just turned three but if we decide to send her, it will not be til she is 4. We are also thinking about homeschooling, absolutely nothing wrong with keeping your child home as long as they are happy, healthy, and can socialized and all, it is possible to learn and be social outside the system. My daughter is reading on a second grade level and doing basic math amongst other things and it isn't becasue she was in a center with a group of kids. It is because her mommy and daddy invested time and energy in her as well as my little one, they are not behind but above other kids in academics and yep, even socially, not perfect, but life is wonderful for them. Just because one stays home with their child doesn't mean that they will be left behind. Our kids are little for a short period of time, I say leave the mom alone and let her parent as she sees fit, as long as she isn't abusive in any way shape or form, it really isn't your concern. There are ways to socialize our kids, play groups, church groups, library activities, parks and recreation, neighborhood friends/relatives, many ways, it doesn't have to happen behind close doors of society............A child can only learn socialization and skills in a school setting is nothing but a myth and opinion. SOme kids do well and learn better in that environment while others don't and a good loving parent is the best teacher a child can ever have. Absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to spend as much time with our kids as possible, her child is still very young and I agree with her...................

I have twin 4 year olds in preschool. My husband is being deployed to Iraq in June. It's hard enough with autistic children to adapt to new situations. I am worried about how they will understand. I am trying to get a handle on all this myself but explaining the situation to them seems impossible. We have just now come to terms that it will be a struggle with them in school and now we have something new to deal with. I am thinking about finding some kind of support group for autistic parents in San Diego but I don't know how to go about this.

I'm a stay at home mom also my oldest just went to preschool this year when he was four, since he started he has turned five. He has done great! I kept him at home with me as a little one because I wanted to enjoy him. I have to admit  I was a little worried about how he would react when finally mom wasn't there but he has adjusted great! The preschool teacher said that he was one of the best behaved children in class and could tell that he had been worked with at home.  He could spell his name, knew his abc's, and could count to 15. That is what counts just enjoy your children and play with them at home and teach them. I also made play dates so he could interact with children his age. It sounds like you are a good friend and your children play together thats all they need for now.  There is plenty of time for them to grow up and have to deal with all that comes with that!

I'm a stay at home mom also my oldest just went to preschool this year when he was four, since he started he has turned five. He has done great! I kept him at home with me as a little one because I wanted to enjoy him. I have to admit  I was a little worried about how he would react when finally mom wasn't there but he has adjusted great! The preschool teacher said that he was one of the best behaved children in class and could tell that he had been worked with at home.  He could spell his name, knew his abc's, and could count to 15. That is what counts just enjoy your children and play with them at home and teach them. I also made play dates so he could interact with children his age. It sounds like you are a good friend and your children play together thats all they need for now.  There is plenty of time for them to grow up and have to deal with all that comes with that!