my little girl is starting school this year and i am having a hard time with it i worry alot about how it will go and how sad i will be to see her getting so big to start school so if any one has a story please share maybe it will help me prepare for the big day
2006-07-24 05:59:14 · 13 answers · asked by alilswt 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
hey hun...don't you just hate stupid answers like that first one you got (the no answer) i recon people will put anything for 2 points....any ways...my little girl is starting kindergarden this year but i battled with pre-k last year...you know it really isnt as bad as we think and i can tell you this from full blown mommy experince...see my little girl is extreamly shy and when me and my hubby took her for her first day she was lookin at the baby dolls and started to play with them and we started out the door and the teacher said ok say bye to your mommy! (i coulda choked her lol) well there she come all big eyed and scared. well to keep from cryin my self i told her i loved er' and would be back soon ta get her...do you know when that door closed she layed her little head on it and just cried for us till the teacher took her to another part of the room....talk about a broke heart mine was shatterd so i whent to my sissys house and told her to make me the biggest pot of mac & cheese the world has never seen lol...and do you know the teachers told me that it wasn't even 5 min. and she had stopped crying and was playing with the other kids! and do you know that when i whent and picked her up she was all smiles till we got in the car and then she told me all the way home that i wasnt sapposed ta leave her that that was not nice lol...it took about a week for her to stop gettin' teary eyed when i would leave her and after that she would beat me to the car tellin' me to hurry up all the way to school :)...the truth is its a lot harder on the parents to see their kids get upset the first few days then it is for the kids....after all we are the ones who have taken care of and watched over their every need and its hard to let that go to a complete stranger....who can take better care of your child then yourself...love daisy
2006-07-24 06:22:07 · answer #1 · answered by crazy_daisy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This might not help you much but it might make you laugh. I grew up in a rural area in Wisconsin. Kids K-12 rode the same bus in the mornings and afternoons. Since I was an afternoon kindergartner I got the experience of riding with rowdy highschoolers home from school at the end of the day. My first day of kindergarten I got my first earful of colorful language and was VERY impressed. I got of the school bus that afternoon and greeted my mom with a big smile and said "Hi you big fu**er!" Anyway, that's just a funny story that my family likes to keep telling year after year at every single family gathering.
I'm now a 35 year old mother of 4. My third child will start kindergarten this year and I will send him with a twinge of sadness but otherwise a joyful heart knowing that he is starting his journey into the world and he's absolutely ready for this big step.
2006-07-25 05:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My second child is starting kindergarten this fall. She is very excited. There are wondeful books to read to them that - "Countdown to Kindergarten" is her favorite.
When my son started Kindergarten it was odd dropping him off at school with a lot of people I didn't know or teachers who I had no idea about. He was thrilled though. Best thing I did though was get involved in the school. I volunteered in the classroom and signed up to go on field trips, etc...I got to know the teachers, the other parents and the other kids.
While it is hard letting them go and grow-up - it is amazing to watch them become little people. My son is now entering 3rd grade and I am loving this stage as much or more than ever.
2006-07-24 09:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by socaljules 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, definitely "The Kissing Hand" and "Twas the Night Before Kindergarten", etc. I guarantee you, the class will be *full* of kids feeling separated, afraid, and on-edge. The teacher will do something to get them all at ease, for sure, and take it slow. My younger sister's class read "The Kissing Hand" and sent home that afternoon an art project to do with it - just talk about it and explain it. If you've never gotten a babysitter before, do so. Go out with your significant other for two or three hours one afternoon, around when school will start maybe three or four days before it starts, to get her used to being without mommy and daddy.
2006-07-25 15:36:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was in your shoe last year and i felt the same way well i new not to let her see me cry and i had to be strong for her so she would be OK with it and i was told mom i dont' need you to take me to the bus i am in school now i am a big girl i just about lost it and i said yes i need to walk you to the bus stop then i told her i needed a kiss and then we were both fine i got back home and was like now what am i going to do with my time then the 2nd day of school came and she got on the bus and was fine but i wasn't i will admit it now i cried when i got back home cause i realized that she is growing up fast but then the rest of the school year was fine you will experience alot of fun little coo-cookie things that she does now mean more than they did before also you may if you can volunteer at her school and at parties they may have in class that way you get to see her do fun things and remember they all have had a back ground check and if not they won't be at school then relax and enjoy your time again have fun good luck take lots of pictures getting to and from the bus the first day of school pictures are always the best !!!!1
2006-07-24 15:09:41 · answer #5 · answered by christy b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well it wasn't actually her first day but it was the first week of school. I have two girls who are only one grade apart and my little one told her teacher she needed a drink so the teacher let her go out to the hall and get one,, but she didn't come right back so about 30 mins later my older daughters teacher brought the little back and said she had just came into their class sat down with her sister and lisened to what they were doing,, it took the teacher a little while to even notice the extra student. It was a very small school where everyone knew everyone so safty wasn't a huge issue. They told that Allyssa did it about once a week almost the whole school year.
2006-07-26 05:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by B V 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was so excited about starting kindergarten and making friends. I took her to school that morning, I saw all these kids crying for their mommy's and parents crying cause they had to leave their kids. But there stood my daughter, telling her new friends, its ok, we are going to have fun and we can play together. The kids stopped crying and started having fun. That is when I knew my girl was going to do just fine.
Be happy that she is going to do something new and met a lot of new kids and build friendships. She will come home the first day and talk 90 miles a minute. My daughter didn't stop talking about her first day, until I put her to bed that night
2006-07-25 04:36:51 · answer #7 · answered by sunflowerlizard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your daughter is having a hard time, there is a book called "The Kissing Hand" that helps.
If you are having the hard time - don't show your anxiety to her!! Explain how proud of her you are, and that YOU ARE COMING BACK. Take advantage of any 'warm up' days the school offers, take your daughter to the school yard to play just for fun, make a special snack for her to take in a new lunch kit, .... make it a good thing to start school! Then book yourself a treat such as a manicure for the first day so you aren't tempted to stay, and congratulate yourself on raising and independent and well rounded child.
2006-07-24 08:02:35 · answer #8 · answered by albertan_homegrown 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My oldest just started 2nd grade at a new school and my middle child just started KG. (Year round school.)
My son was so ready for KG. He really already knew almost everything that they were going to teach him. He learned the days of the week, the months of the year and improved his handwriting in KG. Mostly, for him it was about socialization.
My daughter started KG last week. So far it's going pretty well for her. She seems very excited to go every morning but also very excited to see me when I pick her up.
They have both done 1/2 day KG, which IMO is plenty for a 5 year old!
2006-07-24 12:05:16 · answer #9 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well on my cousins first day of kindergarten my aunt (My cousins mother) asked me to drive her to school. I said yes and when we got there she was round-off back handspringing into the class room she did like 9 backhandsprings. It was amazing and histarical. then again i dared her to do it. she got in no trouble at all. but that was a long time ago you might know her now as Carly Patterson.
2006-07-24 06:14:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋