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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2 cents. The things that helped us were 
1) preparing her. Tell her the night before, we are going to wake up , get dressed and go to school. etc. On the day of - we are going to get into the car, say goodbye and go to school. 
[b]2) Daniel Tigers- Grown-Ups come back episode. The school seemed like a big scary place, and we would sing this song and remind her that we'll come back to pick her up.[/b] 
3) Having a fun bye ritual. We did high five and said some rhyming lines and they came up together. 
4) Going to a park right after school. We would drive to our neighborhood park, play for a little bit and then go home. It isn't possible for everyone all the time, but it just gave her something positive to look forward to. [/quote]

We were singing this all last week to our PK3 guy! He had a rough week of drop offs last week, but somehow his attitude has turned around completely this week. However, it does seem different than the issues OP is having (cause I think he was always fine at school once he settled down, but it was the initial drop off that was the issue - and it seems like OP's kiddo may be having more issues with the classroom / teacher / school).

I think the advice of trying to sit in on the classroom and talk to the teacher a little bit more could be helpful. If you're getting bad vibes or feeling like it's not the right fit when you go in there for a more extended period of time, maybe it makes sense to go back to daycare, or do a post-lottery application to a nearby school with a short waitlist, or perhaps request a move to a different classroom if the issue is with the teacher vs. style of school?

Our daughter started at a school back in PK3 that was ok (not great) for her, and then we got off the waitlist in October for a school that ended up being a better fit. But in her original school, there were other kids in the classroom that it just was not going well at all (things that my daughter could deal with they were having more trouble with), and a lot of that was due to the teacher just not being suited to teach 3 year olds (no patience, harsh tones, etc). [/quote]

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