Searching for suggestions on making my son's first day of school as painless as possible.?

Question

My son is 4 1/2 years old and will start kindergarten next year. He is my only child and I am a stay-at-home mom. For the past year and a half he has not stayed with anyone else at all and we live in a rural area with no neighborhood children for him to play with. He and I are together all day every day. I am searching for any suggestions on things I could begin now in order to make his first day of school as painless as possible, for both of us. Any replies are welcome.

Answer 1

He definitely needs to be exposed to other kids, and to understand the fact that you leave and come back. If he doesn't have the chance to experience this before school starts, when school starts, he will be more concerned about that than learning. Even in a rural area, surely you can find a preschool, mother's morning out, a mom's group such as MOPS, Mothers and More or the Mom's Club. Check them out online and see which ones are closest to you. Find a playgroup -- go with him to playgroups, then set up some "playdates" where you drop him and leave.

Church nursery is also great. It was a huge thing for my son, who had a hard time separating from me. It took some persistence, but he LOVES it now and runs into the room.

You can also find classes through your county/city parks and rec department. Maybe there is an art of music class for preschoolers he can attends. There are also classes for kids at the YMCA.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Find ways to drop him off places without you, a play date, church nursery an mommy goup. I thinkit would help him get used to you not being around some of the time. is it too late to try a preschool? Some are 2 days a week and half a day. Going straight to K might be alot for him next year!

Answer 3

What I did was find an old photo of myself on MY first day of kindergarten. I put it into my daughter's bookbag as she was leaving for the bus and told her that if she felt a little "lost and convused" to remember that I felt the same way and all she had to do was take it out and I'd be with her. It worked, in fact the teacher "adopted" the idea for the following year in her letter to parents of new kindergartners. From what I hear the idea is STILL going strong.

Answer 4

What a great mom! Children are very adaptable. You can give your best advice, teach him good manners, show him how to stand in someone else's shoes and send him off into the world. It's hard, but that's the best thing you can do for him. He will learn and do with it all what ever he may.

He'll be fine. Perhaps there are some extra classes he can take. Sports, self-defense, music. Whatever interests he has can bloom into learning how to interact socially with others who share his hobbies.

Answer 5

well my son is 3 1/2 he also was with me the first 3 1/2 years of his life (no one would watch him ) he will be fine on the other hand i started crying the first day i had to leave him its harder than people think to leave your son for the first time especially with strangers!but i know he has to learn i was just like what the heck am i suppose to do with myself now lmfao im sure you will find something good luck god bless and hope he likes school as much as my son now!:)

Answer 6

i will say go to school with him the first week because once he sees the other kids w/o mommy nor daddy he will feel comfy and he will wanna be a big boy like the other boys and will not want u to stay all day

Answer 7

He is about to embark on the very first adventure of his life.. I am not sure how you talk to him but you have to get this idea through to him..

Like.... "I wish I could be in your shoes"

You need to impress that this is only the first of many firsts for him.

Life is an adventure... Embrace it..

Answer 8

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