Should your child go to preschool with children he will go to kindergarten with?

Question

My son will go to preschool this coming August. We have looked at several preschools and have narrowed it down to two. One we are so in love with! The teachers are so loving and we just feel so welcomed there. The only problem is that there is only one child so far thats enrolled that will go to his kidergarten. They are almost full. The other preschool looks like a good school and we liked it but we just didnt "fall in love" like the first one and didnt feel quite as comfortable about popping in even though they didnt seem to care, but the majority of the kids will go to the same kindergarten.

My son is pretty shy and it takes him a while to adjust to new situations so Im wondering if we should send him where he would go on to kindergarten with some kids he will know from preschool.

any advice or comments will be appreciated.

Answer 1

A child MUST learn to adapt to a new environment an an early age. So, if he/she has to change schools later on in life, he/she will feel more confident.

I think it would be a good experience for your child to enter a new grade with new children. Obviously, he/she will have to make new friends, but 5-6 year old are not picky about which friends they pick, so the adjustment should not be too hard.

Hope that helped!

Good Luck

Answer 2

Is this your only child?Maybe, he is spoiled and you and  your husband not intentionally doing it, let him go to the school that your both comfortable with that's important as parents to feel that way.Do not let him have the run of things though, see him there and wait it out hopefully he'll get out in a few days or more.

PS. I have one child and I tend to be overprotective at time, but I know we need space and it is productive to have my child counter act with other kids.My kid is going to private school when school open and her best friends are not all coming to private school so what?

Answer 3

I am eighteen now and I can only tell you my experience.  My parents put me into a private preschool when I was 3 and I stayed there through Kindergarden.  At that point we had moved and I had to go to a different school where I didn't know anyone.  It was a very shy child and I had a hard time adjusting, but what my parents did that helped a lot was they signed me up on a softball team, soccer team, and with the girl scout troop at the school so that I would already know some of the children before school started because I had been doing softball at the school despite the fact I went to preschool some where else.  I loved it because I made friends through the teams and when I went to school although I had never been in classes with the kids I knew them and fit in fine.  If I were you I would put him in the preschool you like and try and get him signed up on a team with kids from the place where he'll be going to preschool arrange play dates make it as easy as possible and trust your instincts

Answer 4

I personally think that he should go to the one that you are in love with.  Even though your child takes some time to find new friends, he will have the oppertunity to meet more friends than if he was stuck with the kids that he went to the same preschool with.  And also, what if some of the kids at the preschool where most of the kids go to the same kindergarden are mean to him.  You wouldn't want him to be stuck with the same kids would you?  So I say that he should go to the preschool that you are in love with.  

                                            Hope that helps!

Answer 5

I dont think it'll hurt moving to a new school. I mean they're Pre-K! And if your son is easily shy then he should go to a different school for kindergarten so he can be more outgoing! That's how i was when i was in kindergarten and i constantly moved (because my parents were constantly getting new jobs at different places) and as i was moving a school after another i got more outgoing than i did before.

Answer 6

he should make a couple of good friends in the wat evr preescool u put em in. put him in the pre school that u love and hopefully he will make one or 2 good friends. then when he goes 2 the kindergarden, he will be able to ajust and meet new friends. its a good thing that not many people at his pre school are going 2 his kindergarden cause when little kids become friends they tend 2 stick 2 gether and he will make new friends and i assure u both will be happy!!!

Answer 7

Im not sure ... I would look into the 2nd preschool and ask around, maybe someone who has had children go there tell you if they like it. Maybe pop in a couple more times and see how your son reacts. It may be a wonderful preschool, its already in the top 2 that you have looked at, right? If your son is that shy it may make starting kindergarten easier for him If he already knows a few of the children. He may not feel so overwhelmed and it wouldn't be such a new situation b/c he would aleady know some of the kids. kindergarten is alot different than preschool and a bigger school, bigger classroom etc....

good luck