Comments on: Why We Chose Preschool http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/ kristenrudd.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Kelly Tirman http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/comment-page-1/#comment-47095 Kelly Tirman Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:55:24 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/#comment-47095 Thank you for posting this. Las Mananitas has been on our list for a while now after reading this I am even more excited to attend the up coming open house. Thanks again! Thank you for posting this. Las Mananitas has been on our list for a while now after reading this I am even more excited to attend the up coming open house. Thanks again!

]]> By: Kristina http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/comment-page-1/#comment-9038 Kristina Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:25:53 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/#comment-9038 that pre-school sounds incredible. that pre-school sounds incredible.

]]> By: lomagirl http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/comment-page-1/#comment-8806 lomagirl Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:44:34 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/#comment-8806 This preschool sounds super cool. I love the language immersion. We were hesitant about sending Leila off before she could talk, but when she was 21/2 she started going and loved it. I wanted her to have the structure of the preschool since I wasn't home with her. Leila made really good friends there and has happy memories of the place. Ali goes to the same school everyday now since he enjoys it. This preschool sounds super cool. I love the language immersion. We were hesitant about sending Leila off before she could talk, but when she was 21/2 she started going and loved it. I wanted her to have the structure of the preschool since I wasn’t home with her. Leila made really good friends there and has happy memories of the place. Ali goes to the same school everyday now since he enjoys it.

]]> By: InfamousQBert http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/comment-page-1/#comment-8801 InfamousQBert Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:49:13 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/#comment-8801 and, i realize that it sounds like i didn't read your post before commenting. i only kind of did. sorry. :) i'm really glad you guys have enjoyed your pre-school experience. i'm very pro-preschool (in case you couldn't tell), but you definitely have to find the right one for you and your kid. and, i realize that it sounds like i didn’t read your post before commenting. i only kind of did. sorry. :) i’m really glad you guys have enjoyed your pre-school experience. i’m very pro-preschool (in case you couldn’t tell), but you definitely have to find the right one for you and your kid.

]]> By: InfamousQBert http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/comment-page-1/#comment-8800 InfamousQBert Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:45:14 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/04/07/why-we-chose-preschool/#comment-8800 i just want to put in a positive note for those who do choose to put their kids in pre-school. my mother was very lucky to be able to take off work for the first 2 years of my life, but she had to go back eventually. when i was a little over a year, she started sending me to the daycare/preschool at my grandmother's church occasionally. it wasn't every day and my grandmother worked at the church, so she was able to stop in and check on me. then, when i was 2, i started going to real pre-school. i loved it. i still spent plenty of time with my parents and was able to make friends that i ended up going all the way through school with. it was another church, this time close to my mother's school. it wasn't some crazy pre-harvard, place, but they were able to work with those of us who were "advanced" so that i was well ahead of my peers when i entered first grade. the main reason i want to bring it up is that i have this theory about memory (tin-foil hat time! not really). my memories go back to that 18 month old range, which is WAY longer than most people i know. i think that being in the more structured environment allowed my brain to place events in sequence, and therefore make them accessible, a lot earlier than people who don't go to school until they're 5 or 6. it's just a thought. especially if you have an only, like i was, in a neighborhood without any other kids of the same age, like i did. i just want to put in a positive note for those who do choose to put their kids in pre-school. my mother was very lucky to be able to take off work for the first 2 years of my life, but she had to go back eventually. when i was a little over a year, she started sending me to the daycare/preschool at my grandmother’s church occasionally. it wasn’t every day and my grandmother worked at the church, so she was able to stop in and check on me. then, when i was 2, i started going to real pre-school. i loved it. i still spent plenty of time with my parents and was able to make friends that i ended up going all the way through school with. it was another church, this time close to my mother’s school. it wasn’t some crazy pre-harvard, place, but they were able to work with those of us who were “advanced” so that i was well ahead of my peers when i entered first grade.

the main reason i want to bring it up is that i have this theory about memory (tin-foil hat time! not really). my memories go back to that 18 month old range, which is WAY longer than most people i know. i think that being in the more structured environment allowed my brain to place events in sequence, and therefore make them accessible, a lot earlier than people who don’t go to school until they’re 5 or 6.

it’s just a thought. especially if you have an only, like i was, in a neighborhood without any other kids of the same age, like i did.

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