Anybody starting Kindergarten this Sept?

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Hi everybody......this is my first time using ths site.

I hope I know how to do this! hahaha! Well I live in Tacoma, WA and my daughter will be starting Kindergarten this Sept. yikes!!!! Well, I am also a licensed home child care provider...newly....We are really really wanting to have a child here close in age to my daughters for a playmate!

She gets along great with kids....currently we have a 2 yr old so it's kind of difficult for her to actually play with him. It breaks my heart that I will be bringing her to Kindergarten while i stay home and watch other kids. I feel that if she had someone she clicked with, it would make this whole child care business be ok. I know I am rambling. Basically, I am wondering if anybody had any advice how to handle these heartbreaking feelings I have...the guilt.......or if anybody knows of anybody who needs child care who lives in Tacoma, wa!

Thanks so much!

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HI,
There really is not a good time for any child because every child is so different. If the school has a volunteer time for new parents that might be good for you to look into. Volunteering everyday is not a good idea because your child will be expecting to see all of the time. Maybe you could work out a time with the teacher or do a surprise visit. I used to do that when my children were starting school. I couldn't do it all of the time because I was working. But maybe if you start volunteering and working with the other children he might began to feel comfortable with the other children even when you are not around.
It is such a different process with each child. When my children were in preschool there was one child that cried so much her mother had to be in the school picture. The parents were not happy about that. One thing is for sure don't take him out because he is crying to be with you. I know it will hurt you more than him, but you must be strong for the both of you.
Do what my daughter does with my grandson, when he wants to do something and my daughter tells him NO, he ask why; She tells him because "I am the mommy and you are the child".
Try not to promise him things so he will stay, because he might be staying just to get a surprise.
Hang in there.

i am in the same situattion. I watch kids pT and volunteer at school once a week.

Hi parents,
I have been reading the post of first time kindergardners. It can be a scary time as well as a fun time. My grandson is such a people person that he enjoyed his first day of school. My daughter and I just need to help him with discipline in the class room. He is much better now. We are learning his way of learning and that is making so much easier on both of us. I bought him the Hooked on Phonics for kindergarden and it is working out good for him. He still has some bad days, but he is learning what going to school really means.
So we just must hang in there.

My daughter started K in mid August & she was so excited & ready to start! She loved the first week, but soon tired of that & realized she didn't like being away from mommy for 7 hours each day! (I remember when K was 1/2 days!!) Also she ran into some snobby girls on the playground that tell her she can't play & one boy punched her in the stomach. This didn't help the situation at all!! I don't have younger ones at home anymore. She's my youngest of 4 & it never gets any easier to put them in school does it?! I homeschooled one of my sons in K & 1st grade, but my hubby wasn't too fond of that, so he's in school now too. His first year was 2nd grade & he had a tough time as well as my kindergartner, but he's loving it now. So, I do feel guilty that I can't homeschool her for a while too. It doesn't seem fair to me. I'm sorry I don't have any advice for your "guilt" other than TRY not to worry too much. They keep telling me that the teachers are trained on how to handle kids w/ separation anxiety & that it's harder on us parents than it is on the kids, but I know that hasn't helped me so far!! I've also been told too that some kids take longer to adjust than others? I hope your daughter has found someone she clicks with!!! That would make it easier. I was hoping for the same thing! Someone she could walk in w/ every day or something, but so far, no luck for us. Good luck!!!

Hi, I'm new to this site. My son is 5 years old he's autistic and been with the same teacher sense he was 3.He's doing great there. But next year he has to go to another school for 1st grade.I would like to know how some of the special ed classes are in other schools. If anybody knows please let me know.They will suggest a school in May but I'd like to get a head start on checking schools.

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