Anyone else worried that DC won't be ready for PS3 in August?

[Anonymous]

When we were thinking about entering the lotteries preschool seemed such a long way away. Now August is fast approaching, and I'm concerned that DS will not be ready for preschool. He is still not potty trained and has a really long nap every afternoon. He also has difficultly concentrating on anything for more than 5 minutes, unless it is something related to Matchbox cars. I'm thinking that we should skip PS3 and do the lotteries again next year when he may be more ready. Anyone else going through the same thing?

[Anonymous]

My son was not at all ready for full day school at age 3, so unless you have no other options, I would think about it closely.

[Anonymous]

i think you should wait and see how it goes. my DS was a young 3 when school started last august (he's an august birthday). and he was NOT potty-trained (we were working on it, but he wasn't there). you know what? he wasn't the youngest in his class (there were 3 younger!) and half those older kids aren't potty-trained either. send him in a pull-up and keep working on it. it's totally fine. you'll figure it out. and generally the teachers work with you. as for naps: they do nap in PS3, but it's not much longer than 60-90 minutes. my guy can go 3 hours, but he saves it for the weekends. he loves school so much! sure, he comes home dog-tired, but he manages to rally and give me a good handful of grief before bed every night i bet your kid will be just fine, too.

[Anonymous]

I had a lot of anxiety about my daughter being ready, and it all turned out fine. Yeah, it's an adjustment for all kids, even ones who had been in day care or preschool before. My daughter loves it, and the socialization was well worth it. I found that everything pretty much took care of itself, despite all of my fretting. Sure, it might not be all roses all the time, but it's well worth the effort.

[Anonymous]

The changes I've seen in my daughter over the past few months is astounding. I agree with 13:40 that you might want to go ahead and save the spot and see what summer brings. Our daughter is able to focus way more now than she was two months ago. Looking forward to seeing what happens in a few months from now! Hopefully it will bring more cooperation. 8-)

[Anonymous]

14:05 here, "are astounding" I should have typed...hopefully her grammar skills will exceed mine...

[Anonymous]

Wow, these forum abbreviations are weird. When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone was wondering if the District of Columbia was ready for pre-K.

Does anyone know where the whole DC, DS, DD, DH thing came from? I gotta say, it seems a bit strange to me.

[Anonymous]

Have you lived under a rock? These are common internet abbreviations.

[Anonymous]

We ended up having my DS repeat PS again. He had an august birthday and remained really young compared to others in his class. That being said, the school we transferred him to was really accommodating about switching to a lower grade, and aside from killing his naps, school at young age three had no lasting long-term ill effects on him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you lived under a rock? These are common internet abbreviations.

Guess I've just been hanging around the wrong web neighborhoods. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we were thinking about entering the lotteries preschool seemed such a long way away. Now August is fast approaching, and I'm concerned that DS will not be ready for preschool. He is still not potty trained and has a really long nap every afternoon. He also has difficultly concentrating on anything for more than 5 minutes, unless it is something related to Matchbox cars. I'm thinking that we should skip PS3 and do the lotteries again next year when he may be more ready. Anyone else going through the same thing?

I teach a PS class in a well regarded charter, and that's pretty much what "ready" looks like. He'll fit right in.

If there is a problem, then school's a great place to be to develop skills and get support, but it really doesn't sound like it does. PS is required to have a nice long nap in the afternoon, and the kids all flit from thing to thing in the first few months, especially the boys or the kids with the later birthdays.

I'd work on the toilet training, but otherwise I don't think you have anything to worry about, and many more months to go anyway.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

You may find the toilet training issue is solved very quickly once your child starts pk. There is something about everyone getting and line and going that seems to cement the issues is a kids mind.

[Anonymous]

I completely felt the same way but have to echo the PP....my DC changed so much between when we applied/got in and when school started. We've had no problems at all and DC LOVES school. Can't imagine what I'd have done if we didn't go ahead with school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you lived under a rock? These are common internet abbreviations.

In other words, "I don't know and it makes me feel angry and uncomfortable to be asked something I don't know and yet nonetheless, I feel compelled to answer."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, these forum abbreviations are weird. When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone was wondering if the District of Columbia was ready for pre-K.

Does anyone know where the whole DC, DS, DD, DH thing came from? I gotta say, it seems a bit strange to me.

I guess I'm another rock person - though I've been on the Internet rock since 1992, well before any of our kids were born. So if y'all would be so kind as to educate us slow folks - what does DC, DS, DD, DH stand for?