So I have a big decision to make. To put the twins in Nursery / pre-school or not? My oldest went to Toronto French school and started in the pre-k program. My oldest son went to pre-school and continued in that setting for JK and SK, second oldest boy was in pre-school, as were Ryley and Zachary for one year prior to JK. Arielle didn’t attend because she had too much anxiety.
Now there is Thatcher and Tanner who are 26months. Yes their speech is a bit behind but it is quickly picking up. Now I know this is going to sound crazy but I think they need more social interaction…….
WAIT! YES I STILL HAVE 8 CHILDREN! But the twins being the youngest leaves them at home all day with just myself and each other to play with. Being identical they are so attuned to each other but I worry. I think they need to learn to socialize with others their own age. Their older siblings tend to do too much for them (despite what I say) and are more forgiving and at an age where they will give in to Thatcher and Tanner’s demands.
Don’t get me wrong having as many siblings as they do is great but having other children at this point in their development their own age would be even better (in my opinion). And lets just get this out there now – I am not having any more babies!
Another important aspect is that I feel somebody else in a structured setting with others their age would have more success than I would in teaching them what they need to learn right now. I don’t have much patience for that. Plus they will be full day when they start kindergarten so I want to ensure that they are ready.
What do you think? Did you go the pre-school route?
Until next time,
Chantel,momof8crazymonkeys
I think at 26 months I’d start with 2.5 hour daycare or some kind of a program. It can be a bit hard on the mom (in terms of drop off and pick-up in such a short time frame), but it’s a good start. I found a daycare where they do have that option. So, this year my son attended the part-time program, and in September he’ll go full-time. Hope this helps. Love reading your posts 🙂
I say, they have their whole lives to socialize!! Keep them at home as long as you can…before you know it they will be gone!!
i did a 2 1/2 hour drop off programme with the girls 3x a week. but it was more for them than for me…well, it _was_ for me but you know what i mean 🙂
they will always have that special bond as any close siblings will but, in my opinion, they’re going to have to deal with different people eventually. some of us still need to learn 🙂
sometimes you don’t want to have them learn how to cut paper, glue glitter and splash paint all over your kitchen on your own time because that means one of us is going to have to clean it up…that means me (or you). i gladly paid for the privilege of having them do all that somewhere else!