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Starting 2 year old in preschool

Jen - posted on 07/01/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )

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As a high school teacher I see the burn out on students all the time. I want to avoid that as long as possible with my own. I am looking for suggestions to ensure that I can keep education fun for them as they begin the process. So far we have a lot of fun learning at home. For those of you more experienced as elementary educators and moms of older kids, how do you do this? I want to do it right from the start rather than just letting my son be the test so things are right for my 2nd following the year behind him.

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Lindsay - posted on 07/02/2009

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I wouldn't rush into school too early either. I teach 2nd grade and I also experienced with my own son the same types of things as stated before with late birthday children and the maturity levels. My son has a July birthday and while he has done well academically his maturity has always seemed a little behind. Many students that I see retained also have late birthdays and suffer maturity issues as well. As far as keeping school fun and avoiding burn-out I recommend to my parents a time-out when they get home. Do something that has nothing to do with school or school-work for a period of time, even if only 30 minutes. When my son gets home he has 30 minutes to an hour free before he has to start homework. He can have a snack, go outside, play video games, whatever, then we go back to any homework. We also talk about his school day later, usually over dinner so he doesn't feel overwhelmed all the time or feel pressured about school.

Jen - posted on 07/01/2009

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Thanks. That is especially interesting about overloading their schedules with extra cirricular activities. I know so many who swear by that. Something to think about :)

Crystal - posted on 07/01/2009

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I teach elementary. I'd say 1-2 yrs.Max of preschool and then start kdg. In my case, my 4 yr. old is just now entering preschool for 1 yr. then he will go on into kdg. We could've sent him this fall to kdg, but he is a late summer bday. I teach title I and have done my own exploring at the stats of kids who enter school w/ late bdays. They are the young ones AND the boy ratio of those who need extra help is higher. My son is pretty average in his smarts...it's his maturity that we are keeping him out one more year. He's also been at in in-home daycare all his life with a family friend of ours so he's a bit spoiled. I will also put my 2nd child in pre-school when he is almost 5 as his bday is just weeks after the cut-off date.

I've also seen a side to my students who are involved with too many after school activities. They get sooo tired and I've witnessed several who have just shut down and cried b/c they just want to go home and play (or ride their bikes with their friends), not be hauled off to another thing their parents signed them up for. Sorry I'm rambling now... :)

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