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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You shouldn’t have to manage a four year old’s expectations about this at all, because it’s your job to decide how much they know or how they frame the process. They don’t need to have any concept of admissions to go to the playdates. [/quote]

Exactly. Neither of my children knew the PK/K age visit was anything beyond just playing. My son asked to go back to one school's playground because that's where we'd run into his friend. By then my spouse and I knew he didn't get in (it was my top choice, and the rejection was harder for me than for my son, who was oblivious to the process), and the friend got in but chose elsewhere, so I just said the friend wouldn't be at that playground if we went back. He was completely unbothered about it.

If you must learn your child's preferences before you choose, wait until you're accepted before encouraging them to take a position on what they liked or didn't like about the schools. Prior to decisions, all they should know is it's a playdate at a new place.[/quote]

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