Moms with pre-K age kids

[mrsg123]

What does your child's social life look like? How often do they have play dates /attend gatherings with other kids? Do you organize these things? Do they socialize with other pre k kids outside of class? TIA!

[af1212]

My child goes to school 3 days a week. On the other 2 days we usually have some type of plans with another mom and her kids. Playground, zoo, museum, over to our house or theirs, etc. I am part of a moms group, so we often do an activity with the group or else I plan something with our friends. At this point, all of her friends' moms are my friends so it's easy to get together.

[barefootcontessa]

my child goes to school three days a week and plays t-ball. we do not really do play dates but he has siblings close in age.

[madringal]

DD is in K now, but did full day PreK last year. We met some really great people though our PreK and got together for play dates as often as possible. One of the moms even became my in home sitter for DD2. Our girls were all in the same gymnastics class too, so we saw them at least once a week outside of school. And usually 1-2 times a month outside of that.

[mrsg123]

Did you moms that met kids through preschool/pre k meet them during activities at the preschool? Or drop off/pick up?

[Mrs.Syntax]

DD goes to school two mornings per week. The other mornings, we usually do errands or go to the gym. We'll do a playdate with friends once every other week or so. However, we don't socialize with people from her school - we have enough other friends that I've never really felt compelled to get to know any other school families better. The people we hang out with are friends of mine from way back in my pre-kids life, and we all happened to reproduce around the same time.

[imojoebunny]

DS goes to pre-k for four hours, five days a week. He has a "play date" 1-2 times per month, usually with his buddy who has a nanny I pay to take him when I need him to go away. I occasionally, like once a month actually invite another kid over, but it is more likely someone calls me in desperation to take their little person.

He has a big sister and we have other kids over whose moms I like, but they are not necessarily "his" friends. He is happy with that. He is not super social and prefers older kids. I had a lot more play dates for my social first child in pre-k than for DS.

DS's class mom will periodically invite everyone to go to the park across the street after school, and I try to make that if we can.

[mommytutu]

Dd1 goes to school m-w-f. Gymnastics and swim on the other 2 days. Play dates maybe twice a week. She's got a busier schedule than we do but she needs it.

[h]

My 4 yo is in preschool 3 days a week and has a big brother he plays with constantly. We socialuze as a family with other families with little kids probably 2-3 times a month on average and run into other families/kids we know at the park another 2-3 times a month. Beyond that he goes to the occasional b-day party and does stuff like run around with the other younger sibs at DS1's t-ball games. We do relatively few play dates just for him (as opposed to inviting a whole family with multiple kids over), but I am trying to get better about it.

[whitepicketfence]

Apr 14, 2014 10:57:31 GMT -5 barefootcontessa said:

my child goes to school three days a week and plays t-ball. we do not really do play dates but he has siblings close in age.

This except substitute dance class for t-ball.

[whitepicketfence]

Apr 14, 2014 11:01:41 GMT -5 mrsg123 said:

Did you moms that met kids through preschool/pre k meet them during activities at the preschool? Or drop off/pick up?

The moms/kids that we're most friendly with are those I've met at drop off/pick up. We've also volunteered to help out with classroom parties together (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day). They tend to be SAHMs or they work second shift so they have similar schedules to mine. In the somewhat rare case where we plan to meet up outside of school with the kids (next week a group of us are planning to meet an the indoor bouncy house), we're typically all free during the same time periods each day.

[mollybrown]

He's in school 4 mornings a week, and had a pretty tight schedule between 2x a week swimming, music lessons, karate, and speech therapy. We usually only do 1 specific play date a week, and it is with my friends and their children rather than friends from school. He sees his pre-K friends at birthday parties and school events. The weekends are family time, birthday parties, or get togethers with other families with children. Hopefully he will express an interest in getting together with specific kids once he goes to K.

[holly116]

My almost 4 yo goes to preschool twice a week. It's at an elementary school, but we're more than likely going to send her elsewhere starting with K (the school a mile from our house doesn't have preschool) so I'm not bending over backwards to befriend the parents/set up play dates at this point. There's one little girl who has a sister DS1's age so I'm thinking of setting something up since I'll be seeing them for the next three years.

She's in ballet and all the moms stay and grab a coffee during the class so I've befriended most of them. We're all setting up play dates, planning summer meet ups and we're all Facebook friends.

We have a regular play date with a friend that we met at the library's story-time a few years ago. Her DD and mine are 4 days apart and she's sending her to DD's preschool next year as well.

We're starting to make an effort to meet all our neighbors and DD has a little friend in the cul-de-sac of our street. Her older sister is our go to babysitter and her mom has invited me into her book club (wine club) recently. The whole family is pretty connected to our community and where we plan to send our kids to school so I'm kinda hoping she becomes my new BFF. We've really clicked and she only works a few days a week. DH and I are all about neighbors. We had a GREAT neighborhood relationship at our old house and really hope to have one here too.

On top of that, we just joined a community center/pool for the year so I'm hoping to meet a few friends there for my kids this summer.

Overall, we're really social in general. I grew up here and have friends from high school and college in the area with young kids. DH went to college locally and has the same. If we're headed to the zoo, or the museum, or the baseball game etc, we're meeting up with friends with kids.

[pugz]

I work part time so she goes to an in home daycare 2x a week. We try to get together with friends at least one other time each week. I'm in a couple of mom's groups.

[cinco]

Preschool 3 days a week, sports 1-2 x a week, library groups or nature classes 1-2 x a week, walks and trips to the park almost daily. We never did play dates or moms clubs outside of that. We hang out with my friends/family who have kids on weekends, and the neighborhood kids play together.

The 2 year old is not in school yet. She goes to gymnastics 1x a week, and tags around with her siblings

[mrsg123]

I clearly need to meet moms. Outside of school and sports we have very few play dates, and no neighbor kids. LO feel bad for dd lol. She is very social.

[statlerwaldorf]

I am awkward, so I have trouble making plans with other pre-k parents. We don't really do play dates with kids from school. DD plays with the neighbor kids a lot. DH has some coworkers with kids are DD's age and we set up playdates a couple of times a month. She also plays t-ball, soccer, and does swim lessons. She usually finds other kids to play with at the children's museum, park, and McDonalds play place. I used to go at the gym at the same time and she made friends with the other kids that go at the same time. I probably should make more of an effort especially since I haven't been feeling up to the gym lately.

[rootbeerfloat]

DD is in FT preschool and has swimming and dance on the weekends. We don't organize playdates outside of that, though we try to socialize with our friends who have young kids. She plays with kids in the neighborhood, too.

[drloretta]

I attend a MOMS group, and there's a kid-centric thing we go to maybe once in a blue moon. I'm more active in the MOMS night out stuff.

DD has been at her Montessori school since September, and has had 3 playdates. She's also attended 3 bday parties.

[lauralala]

DS is in a preschool program at a daycare, which he attends full-time 5 days a week. He just started at this daycare 3 weeks ago, so there have not been any birthday parties or anything so far. In the past, he has attended a couple of birthday parties for classmates - most people around here seem to do family only parties at this age.

We have never had a play date outside of school. I do not know any of the other parents here, and I have never really felt like I fit in with the other parents here (they tend to skew much younger than me). Maybe you should feel sorry for him, but our weekends are busy enough without trying to meet up with other kids.