Going from Mothers Day Out to Kindergarten

Kids are very flexible, she will be just fine! My oldest is just finishing 1st grade. She went from a 2 day a week preschool to kindergarten and excelled. We did keep the after school activities to a minimum last year giving her extra time to rest and adjust but she did fine. And this year has been even smoother. My 3yo is in 2 days a week MDO now and I plan to keep her that way until she starts kinder unless something changes work-wise for me. I have no doubt she'll transition to kinder just fine as well.

we dont have mothers day out up here in Michigan. My SIL says taht mothers day out is usually run by the churches... so I imagine some are good and teach alot and others are more play based without much learning.

I would find a good learning environment for a child almost ready for kindergarden. the schedule doesnt matter much but make sure that she knows lettersnumbers colors can write her name etc.. all for kkindergarden

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I'm sure she'll do fine with the adjustment. The first semester may be a little tough on her since she will be going longer days (maybe getting up earlier) and going 5 days rather than 2. Will she be going to Kindergarten with any of her MDO friends? Familiar faces will help with this big transition too. Either way she'll make the transition and be fine plus she'll have new friends which is always fun to watch!!!

My son went to nursery school 2 mornings per week, the preschool 3 mornings per week the Kindergarten 5 half-days per week. It took him awhile to adjust to the schedule, but he easily got into the groove in about a month.
Google "kindergarten readiness" and see how she's doing so far....letters, numbers, etc.
Many kids are home until they start Kinder and do OK. I've heard it said that they all kind of level out in Kindergarten. She'll be fine!

Totally depends on the school.

At my niece & nephew's school in Tx, it was a requirement to ENTER K that the child be reading (a list of over 200 sight words was sent out), doing single digit addition and subtraction, and a whole host of other things. My nephew didn't pass the "test" so he was put in special ed (how the school got around no child left behind, was that any child who didn't meet the yearly requirements was sent to special ed. Which had over 100 kids in their school.) My nephew got "out" fairly quickly as he "caught up" to the other kids and entered K a year behind. My dyslexic niece was also sent to special ed... but she never learned how to read (until they moved out of district when she was 10) because special ed in her district in Tx was the "slush pile". Parents were considered responsible for getting their kids out of it by getting them up to testing standards. Special Ed was just glorified babysitting. So when she changed districts they had to start all over with 1st grade curriculum as a 10/11 year old... even though she's actually gifted... she had never been presented with curricula, much less given the mandated help for her disorder. She just sat in class and colored and played with blocks. Sooooo sad.

At my son's K... the school hoped (aka not even required) that by the END of K they knew most of their alphabet, most of their colors and shapes, and could count (out loud) to 20.

Same token, a person can homeschool and have their kids several years ahead or behind academically or socially depending on HOW they homeschool.

So will she be academically and socially prepared? Would it be hard to go two days a week one year and 5 longs days a week the next?

Totally depends on the school.

Hi C.! My husband and I had this same concern. Our daughter is only 3 right now, but was attending a preschool that only went 2 days a week. We made the choice to enroll her in a new preschool for the fall that will allow her to go 3 days a week from 9am to 1pm. I still worry that the transition to all day kindergarten will be hard when she is 5, but I trust she will be ready. If you are concerned, then I would suggest trying a 3 day a week program just to get her accustomed to attending school more often. As far as being ready for kindergarten, I would think she would be fine. My mother is a kindergarten teacher and she says that the majority of kids in her class do not have any previous school experience. Good luck! :-) Hope it all works out!

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I don't think it matters much. Many kids go from nothing to 5 day kindergarten and do just fine. How she does probably depends more on her than it does on ther preschool experience. She may take longer to adjust without it, but that too, depends on her. I would not worry about her academic levels going into Kindergarten, as long as you have enriched her enviornement at home, she would do fine without any formal instruction. Make play dates and read to her, and she will be fine in kindergarten!

M.