Will your child be starting preschool?

Question

How old will they be when they start? My son will just be turning 3. I don't want to send him but he really wants to go, plus I'll be at college while he is at school.

Just wondering at his age if he will like it? Will it be harder for him to learn because he is so young? Thanks!

Answer 1

I think it's great that you have a program that will take them at age 3.My son went this past yr at 4. His program will not take them at 3. He loved it, it was prettty basic stuff, learning wise but  he had a blast. I think if they offer it for 3 yr olds, let him go. It's never to early to try to get them interested in learning. They don't press heavy academic stuff at them, colors,letters, shapes. I am sure he will do fine, kids learn so much more at younger ages and the stimulation will be a great gateway for him school wise.Plus he will have a jumpstart on kindergarten.You will be amazed at what he learns, I bet.Good luck !!

Answer 2

He will get social skiills and learn all kinds of things. 3 is a good age to do pre-pre K. I want  my son to go to preschool when he is three. It's like Headstart but now it's called PPK. He will love it. And you get a break for a few hours a day.

Answer 3

My son is starting in August. He just turned 3 a few weeks ago. I'm nervous, but he's really excited. He keeps talking about all his friends, who he hasn't even met yet! I don't think it will be hard for your son to learn. Remember, they act differently when they are with other people, especially when there are other kids. He will want to fit in, and he'll try his best to do so.

Answer 4

My son is 3, will be 4 in November and will be starting preschool in August.  At this age, the preschool is just to get them used to being in school, and to start getting all the kids on the same level.  This will help you to learn from the teachers if there are things you need to help your child learn, as well as to help evaluate any problems that he might have in school (social/behavioral issues).  I'm looking forward to my son starting, because I think it will help him get some more interaction with other kids his age, and he seems to have less frustration when he has gone to a daycare/preschool setting in the past, because he has other activities and gets more attention.

Answer 5

My daughter started preschool when she was 2. She is 4 now and still loves it!!

Because your son is younger than most, he will have the opportunity to get a head start and learn more.

The majority of schools have lessons planned around the development of each age group, so it won't be too advanced for him or anything.

They say the younger they are the more they can learn. Think about everything he has learned in just 3yrs. Motor skills, verbal skills, etc. His brain is like a sponge, and he'll love soaking up the knowledge at school!! :-)

Answer 6

My son is 3 and he is going this year! He is so exctied! He keeps begging and begging me to go NOW! I keep telling him the time is comming...he has to be patient. At 3 though patience is hard to come by! Take care and send him!

Answer 7

Haha! I'm sending my three & a half year old to preschool for the first time this fall! I pretty much have the same questions you do.

I think it's a good age -- I mean, technically, if you look at preschool at the year before kindergarden, they should be starting around age 4. So our kids will have two years of preschool before K starts.

I think at this age, what they learn isn't so important as getting used to being in an environment with a teacher and peers. What kind of program did you choose? Will they be doing phonics, science, math?

He'll be learning a lot socially. And heck yea, I bet he'll love it.

Are you doing part time, 3 days a week? That's what we wanted to do, but the school we fell in love with only had a full week program (8-noon).

Answer 8

Don't worry about it. Nowadays children are going to school at and earlier age and it really helps them to develop. my two daughters went to school when they were two years old and the oldest cried the first saturday when there were no classes and have loved going to school since. You will feel better to know he is in aplace where they are treating him well and  teaching him lots of things.

Answer 9

If he already wants to go you won't have an issues with him learning. At the age of 3 they are much smarter than you think but he should already have the concepts of numbers, colors, shapes, the alphabet and counting to at least 10. The worst struggle is the social aspect of putting a child into preschool at the age of 3 when most of the other children have been in preschool or daycare for years and already developed the proper social skills. I am sure he will love it and most likely you won't have any issues but transitioning can be hard so don't think it will be easy just in case some issues arise along the way. I put our son in at 2 1/2 thinking it would be easy but we had a lot of struggles and worked it out and now he is doing quite well. He's 4 and in an awesome home daycare and I don't worry about him at all and haven't for the past year. Best wishes.