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Can you explain how a preschool would prioritize prepping for private K? [/quote]

NP - It comes from the parents and not the preschool. When you start hearing about 4 year olds that can read, you start to worry whether your child is falling behind. Some preschools are play-based learning so the director will tell you not to worry and all childrens will learn to read soon enough in K. You start to feel the need to supplement outside the preschool. [/quote]

TTs want smart kids not prepped kids. Beyond being smart there are obviously other qualities that matter. I would focus more on making sure the kid is curious, enjoys learning, has a great personality, communicates well with peer and adults, and can control emotions well. Rather than teaching math or reading early. [/quote]m

Agree. Great advice. Let them love learning and it will all fall into place. Have faith in your child and their personality. [/quote]

Exactly, best gift we can give them is a happy childhood. It will all fall into place. Counter to some common perceptions, most TTs put more weight in evaluating the kids themselves than anything else, so really for the right kid it doesn’t matter if it’s TT preschool, no name preschool, public preschool, your child will shine no matter any of that.[/quote]

I second this.  Based on my observation of my kids’ classmates at TT school. When my kids were in K, their K class  had a decent number of kids from public schools or no name preschools. Some of them were clearly academically advanced but some were not. But what I noticed all of them had were the qualities where I can see them doing well in any setting. They were engaged, social, knew how to listen directions, curious, and etc.That made me think that these admissions people know what they are doing.

Let your kid shine. Just don’t get in the way by being obnoxious or annoying parent during the tour or interview:[/quote]

Exactly this. Schools don't want parents who think they can force some kind of outcome for their kid. It risks becoming a nightmare later on.

My kid got into a "TT" school too and they stressed during the admitted parents event that reading is not required heading into K. They try and pick out what the above poster called out: bright, curious, engaged. [/quote]

I was the first one to not care about tiers but simply making my DC happy and give them tools and enablement to thrive because I noticed their eagerness to learn. We enrolled in a non-feeder independent private play-based preschool. My DC is a force of nature in a good way and now at a TT K getting amazing feedback about their attention, engagement levels, and being made an example in class by their teachers.

My DC got 2 acceptances in K from TT single gender schools and none from coeds. We were still happy with the outcome and our 1st choice came through but that made me start thinking whether coming in as an unconnected family from a non-feeder might not be the best approach for my 2nd DC who is very different from the 1st. Our PSD while lovely is quite new with no strong ties or experience in exmissions, we had to do this process a lot by ourselves last year and it ran us to the ground with much stress involved and surprises. I’m worried how this might go for my very introverted 2nd DC so I wonder if I should look into feeders for them. What would you do in my case?[/quote]

You guys sound awesome! Happy it worked out for DC.  I'm the poster who is strongly considering picking a non-feeder (awaiting preschool results at end of this month).  Do you mind sharing what you mean by "we had to do this process a lot by ourselves last year and it ran us to the ground with much stress involved and surprises"?  We would also love to target SS schools like a Collegiate or St Bernard's eventually.[/quote]

Not PP but I can chime in as a parent that just navigated the whole thing with no connected PSD help.

Do you see the neuroticism in this threads? Take that and multiple it more as you start to navigate the actual process.

A lot of this is mental pressure parents put on themselves. Attend the open house for any of the more coveted schools and you will feel the competition at play.

Then there’s the parent statement, the parent interview, and child playdate. Multiple by the number of schools you ti apply to, and combine that with the uncertainty of admissions in general.

FWIW DC got into one of these highly coveted schools. We even met one parent at an admitted families who had done feeder one year then UPK the next precisely to escape the madness of being among parents constantly stressing about K admissions. [/quote]

thank you for your candor. so helpful. if you had to guess, what do you think was the most important piece in admission - the child playdate? [/quote]

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