Kids with January/February birthdays?

[snipsnsnails]

When did you send them to preschool (if you did)?

When they were 2.5, 3.5 or 4.5?

[revolution]

DS is January. If he goes he will be 4.5

ETA:  He might not go at all.  He's now with an in home lady and it is her and 2 kids.  She doesn't want any more and she used to be a pre-school and pre-K teacher, so she does stuff with them now.  The only reason I would send him is because he is crazy and might need to learn how to act in a group setting.

[cleo29]

K is a late December baby and will going two days a week this year, yay! She is so excited to go to school

[cville]

I am January. I went at 4.5.

ETA:  My birthday is 1/2, the cut off to enter Kindergarten was 12/31.  My parents rolled the dice and decided instead of pushing it, I'd just be the oldest kid.  And they couldn't afford more than one year of preschool.  Before that I was in a couple sorta formalized play groups (they met 1x/week).

[snipsnsnails]

Aug 27, 2014 13:04:52 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

K is a late December baby and will going two days a week this year, yay! She is so excited to go to school

What's your public school cut off to enter K? By September 1st or December 31?

[irishbride2]

My daughter started at 3.5 and so will my son. Full time.

[cc]

Aug 27, 2014 13:05:13 GMT -5 cville said:

I am January. I went at 4.5.

This is the same for me, except I was born in January.

My LO has a December birthday and will be 4 when she starts pre-K, 5 for kindergarten.

[DotAndBuzz]

N is a feb birthday. I sent her at 3.5.

E is a late december (like, nearly Jan) birthday. I sent her at 2 years and 8 months. Grinning from ear to ear. Both of us.

[cville]

Aug 27, 2014 13:08:52 GMT -5 cc said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:05:13 GMT -5 cville said:

I am January. I went at 4.5.

This is the same for me, except I was born in January.

My LO has a December birthday and will be 4 when she starts pre-K, 5 for kindergarten.

So was I.

[snipsnsnails]

Aug 27, 2014 13:08:43 GMT -5 Que? said:

We don't really have preschool here, but I could be sending her to the private pre K now, until she starts kindergarten. The cut off here is Jan 1st, so she'll be 5.5 when she starts K.

Are you going to do the pre-K at all? Or start her at K?

[snipsnsnails]

Aug 27, 2014 13:07:26 GMT -5 annica said:

My boys bdays are in January and we plan to send them to K after they turn 5 - so when they are around 5.5. I don't believe we have an option though. I think to start sooner in our present schools, your birthday has to be before October 1.

Do they go to preschool? Or they'll start school in K?

[cc]

Aug 27, 2014 13:12:05 GMT -5 cville said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:08:52 GMT -5 cc said:

This is the same for me, except I was born in January.

My LO has a December birthday and will be 4 when she starts pre-K, 5 for kindergarten.

So was I.

lol I meant to say same for me except for I was born in February. I am failing at multi-tasking today.

[cleo29]

Aug 27, 2014 13:06:22 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:04:52 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

K is a late December baby and will going two days a week this year, yay! She is so excited to go to school

What's your public school cut off to enter K? By September 1st or December 31?

Sept 30th. Honestly, C is ready for kindergarten, but she is shy the cutoff by a month. It is what it is.

[snipsnsnails]

Aug 27, 2014 13:16:17 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:06:22 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

What's your public school cut off to enter K? By September 1st or December 31?

Sept 30th. Honestly, C is ready for kindergarten, but she is shy the cutoff by a month. It is what it is.

So, K will have 3 years of preschool before K? Or 2?

[nahoku]

Dd will be 5 in January and is starting preschool next week. Our school district only offers it the year before kindergarten. She'll go full time mon-thurs.

[snipsnsnails]

Aug 27, 2014 13:17:58 GMT -5 aeg511 said:

DS is January, and his school (private) actually took him in January. I love that place.

They also took Ella last January when she was only 2.5 because she was PT by then. They only went 2 days a week for 2.5 hours though.

Our school does take kids mid-year if there's space. Was it hard for them coming into the class midway through the year?

[jreeds]

DS is a Feburary baby, we're starting him in pre-K next fall when he is 4.5, then the next fall he will start Kindy ( and I will cry)

[cleo29]

Aug 27, 2014 13:17:53 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:16:17 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Sept 30th. Honestly, C is ready for kindergarten, but she is shy the cutoff by a month. It is what it is.

So, K will have 3 years of preschool before K? Or 2?

Yes, though the last year is actually pre-k, which is more focused on getting them ready for kindergarten and is five days a week.

[cinco]

Early January, sending this year at 2.5. I'm not that great at making sure she gets socialization with kids her own age, so I think this will be best. I'm off the hook for play dates, lol!

ETA: She will have 3 years of preschool. Her older siblings have Summer birthdays and had 2 years of preschool.

[litebright]

DD1 is January. She started preschool at 3.5, doing four days a week for 2.5 hours; I was a SAHM at the time. Part of that, though, is that she's on the autism spectrum and she needed the time for services. We did full-day kindergarten as well when she started kindy at 5.

FWIW, though, DD2 is a March birthday with zero issues and she started preschool even a few months younger than DD1. And we put her in full-day because I had started working again at that point. She's now 4 and in her second year of preschool. She likes being one of the "big kids" this year.

[cville]

Aug 27, 2014 13:16:03 GMT -5 cc said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:12:05 GMT -5 cville said:

So was I.

lol I meant to say same for me except for I was born in February. I am failing at multi-tasking today.

I feel extra sharp, thanks to the songza 90's school dance station.  I just listened to U Can't Touch This.  LASER FOCUSED.

[cc]

Aug 27, 2014 13:22:43 GMT -5 cville said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:16:03 GMT -5 cc said:

lol I meant to say same for me except for I was born in February. I am failing at multi-tasking today.

I feel extra sharp, thanks to the songza 90's school dance station.  I just listened to U Can't Touch This.  LASER FOCUSED.

Well, now I am jamming to Come Baby Come. Maybe that will help my attention span some.

[snipsnsnails]

Aug 27, 2014 13:20:15 GMT -5 cinco said:

Early January, sending this year at 2.5. I'm not that great at making sure she gets socialization with kids her own age, so I think this will be best. I'm off the hook for play dates, lol!

ETA: She will have 3 years of preschool. Her older siblings have Summer birthdays and had 2 years of preschool.

Socialization? Your avatar looks like you've got a whole house full! I'm counting on big brother socializing little sis.

[prettyinpearls]

DS1 has a 12/31 birthday and he's starting in the preschool room of his daycare next week when the current class starts kindergarten. He's 4.5ish.

[texassmith]

2.5

[Deleted]

My oldest DDs bdays are January and February. They started preschool when they were 3.5 and got two years of preschool/pre-k prior to kindergarten.

[8675309]

DD is January - We took her to preschool at 3yrs old and they let her come in the middle of scheduling so it was no problem. She started out with 2 (1/2days) a week and then at 4 we moved it up to 3 (1/2 days) per week. At 4 1/2yrs she is now in full time preschool care.

DS is February - He started in a preschool class at 2 1/2 (just started last month). He is in full time preschool care.

The new school my kids are at accept kids at infant ages. The preschool curriculum starts at age 2 1/2 which is where my son is. There are 3 rooms for the different preschools Preschool 1, 2 & 3. Both are thriving in this setting and I wish I would have started DD sooner in fulltime. I cannot tell you how amazing it has been for both of them.

[shell24]

Our preschool runs by the school year, so they have to be whatever age by 9/1. So when my DS started his 2's program (our Catholic school has a 2 yr old jr. Preschool program) he was just over 2.5.

[roxysoxy]

DS has a February birthday.  He started preschool when he was 3.5.

[Gato]

DD1 started preschool at 2.5 years on the dot and she looooved it. But it was just 6 hours a week, and there were 2 helper parents and 2 teachers for 12 kids, so it wasn't a whole lot different than a day with extended family. I think it was easy for her to wrap her mind around it.