https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:59:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childcare-transition-question#post-2474824 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:02:27 +0000 regberadaisy 2474824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Knowing what I know about M, I say start her now with her class in the 3s room. Then they can all transition together in August to the 4s room. I think the other scenarios require her losing any bonds she may have formed with friends. Which I think will be hard for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childcare-transition-question#post-2474815 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:58:51 +0000 mediagirl 2474815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TL;DR: When/where should we have our daughter start at her new preschool?</p> <p>We were accepted to a full-day preschool where our daughter has been on the waitlist for almost 2 years. We would admittedly like to move her sooner rather than later. Here is the caveat: She turns 4 in June. The school transitions all of the rooms in August. </p> <p>She could start in the 4's room and not transition in August.<br /> -or-<br /> She could start in the 3's room and transition in August.<br /> -or-<br /> She could start in June in the 4's room when she turns 4 and stay in that room during the transition.</p> <p>My thoughts: if we put her in now, she should go with the 3's even if it means transitioning late because she will then transition with her class. If we put her into the 4's class, she would probably be upset when all of her friends leave her to go to "real" school (and graduate) and she has a whole new class of kids to meet. She's smart and catching on to things that would move her up soon in her current school (which moves kids according to skill level) so keeping her in the 3's room at the new school might be boring for a while? But at least she would be with the same class. </p>