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[quote=Anonymous]I do think it will get better, OP.

Kids at this age (3/4) display a lot of variation in development and behavior and it does not track perfectly with age. I think what you are currently observing is a difference in experience. Your DD has a lot of experience in a PK environment, so she does not have as much of a learning curve for adjusting to Pk as some of the other kids. The other kids may be coming from daycare settings without a PK program, or home with parents, relatives, or nannies. They are likely struggling a little bit socially as they learn to be in a more formal school environment, follow a new schedule that might not be as familiar to them as it is to your DD, and are expected to display greater independence on things like eating, playing, toileting, etc.

But you will find that a month or two in, a lot of that variation disappears because the kids acclimate. The other children gain experience with all of these things and settle in. Your DD will likely be a leader in the classroom on some of those behaviors, but the other children will catch up (in part thanks to her influence! it is so great to have some older kids in a class to help set expectations and show children what is possible for them!) and then you will see them sync up.

You will also see them differentiate in other ways, and by the end of the year, you might not feel like your DD is "ahead" on all things -- there may be things that come easier to other kids that she struggles with. That's normal!

Two weeks is not enough time for most PK3 kids to acclimate to school. Give it a month or two. And in the meantime, this is a great opportunity for your DD to work on important skills -- patience, understanding, self-reliance, etc. There is always something to learn in a PK classroom.[/quote]

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