I need your advice, internets.
My beloved Hugmonkey is going to camp at our preschool this week. He will be going there in the fall and he's been dying to join his brother there for months. Now, Hugmonkey is more immature than Lovebug and Ironflower were at his age - he's the baby and it shows. However, he is perfectly happy to go to the childcare room at the Y and he loves to go to story time at the library. He's been dying to go to "skoo" for months. He should be fine for 2.5 hours a day.
And I think he would be, if he had the right teacher. Ironflower and Lovebug had an AMAZING teacher for their first 2 years of preschool and I had hoped Hugmonkey would have her too. But they have added an independent 2 year old class (in addition to the 2.5 year old class that Hugmonkey is signed up for) and the amazing teacher will be teaching that. So next year Hugmonkey could have an okay teacher or the not so great teacher he has for camp this week. He's really NOT enjoying camp.
Right now, he's scheduled for the 2.5 year old program, which consists of 2 mornings a week. He'll be 3 in November, but he's nowhere near potty trained and he has moments where he bites instead of talks. So pushing him ahead into the 3 year old class, where he could have the AMAZING teacher, doesn't seem like a good idea. The only other way for him to have the AMAZING teacher if for him to join the one morning a week 2 year old class. He'd be among the oldest in that class. Which I'm not sure is a bad thing. Or I keep him in the 2.5 year old program and request the okay teacher.
Thoughts?
I think that if he wasn't having such a hard time with camp, I wouldn't be so worried. I think that if I didn't know about how AMAZING this other teacher is and the wonders she did for Lovebug, I wouldn't be so worried. I think if it wasn't his very first school experience, I wouldn't be so worried. But I do know all of that stuff, so. . .I'm thinking about putting him in the 2 year old program.
Holding him back, in other words.
I suppose I could find another school, but I love the director of this school. I love the AMAZING teacher and the 4 year old teachers and the music teacher and the curriculum. I love the prices. I love that we already know other families at this school.
So, internets, what should I do? Hold him back? Let him have the not so great/kinda sucky teacher? Try another school? Help.
12 comments:
I'm still relishing in the daycare days. I have no advice.
Congrats for being the mom pledge feature blogger!!
I'd ask whoever's in charge if the sucky teacher will be teaching the class you're thinking of putting him in. If the sucky teacher is teaching that class, then move him to the other class. If not, take a chance. But, then, I'm not a mom, so not speaking from experience. :-)
I say give it a chance. You can always pull him out later.
I stress about situations like this too.
I also say put him in the class you'd like and hope for a good teacher. If you don't get a good teacher, just switch him. I don't think you can go wrong. Good luck!
I say go with the 2y/o class. No sense not getting off to the nicest start possible in school.
only knowing what is written here and none of the persons involved I say go w/ the 2 year old class. if you do that, does it necessarily mean you will be "holding him back" from here on out? I doubt that. so....maybe that could mean he would get the great teacher two different years?? anyway, you are the mom and a teacher yourself, you know what is best for your kiddo and it is worth trying out....and surely they will let you make changes as you see necessary. good luck!!
Your mother says Red Shirt him
Leighann - Thank you!
Wordvixen - One of the teachers for the 2.5 class is sucky, the other is just okay. The teacher is amazing for the 2s.
Lettuce - I know, but I hate to disrupt him. Change is not his thing.
Grump Grateful - They've announced the teachers already, so it's just a matter of putting him with the 2.5 year olds or the 2 year olds. So challenging.
Lisa - Good point.
Silken - Not really. He'll go to the 3 year old class next year regardless.
Writing Mom - Welcome to blogger!
I say put him inthe 2 yo program. You wouldn't want to push him too much by forcing him into the 3 yo program, especially when you know he's already not as "advanced" as your 2 older kids. A great teacher is what kids need to love and thrive in school!
Red shirt him.
Seriously.
We have 3 boys, and did that wil all 3.
Boys just have so much catching up to do when they are THAT YOUNG.
Our boys are now 16, 14,and 9.
And Leaders.
Hold him back so he can have the AMAZING teacher....you'll be happy....and he'll be happy. :)
I agree with those saying put him in the younger class. Give him the best start possible, and he will do better all the way around.
Good Luck!
Post a Comment