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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A woman posted a similar concern on Facebook the other day - was that you, OP? although she said her kid was having conflict with other kids and she was worried about support from the preK for independent K. And then some other folks chimed in saying they were getting similar feedback from their preschools, that perhaps TT wasn’t a good fit.  I wonder if PSDs are aggressively counseling down families because of how competitive this past year was! [/quote]

OP here - that wasn't me! But interested if you can share a link. [/quote]

I don’t know if the Facebook link will work, but here is the text of what the parent posted:

What should I reasonably expect from preschool?

I recently had a parent teacher meeting with my preschool and I'm a little concerned. My child is nearly 4. At home she seems to naturally gravitate toward more "academic" interests - for ex. she makes us quiz her on addition and subtraction, she tries to read more simple words on signboards when we are out and about. We have never pushed her on any of this and it's very self driven.

We had a parent teacher meeting with our preschool and I'm not sure what to make of it. The teacher had no idea she was doing all of this, and said she's never shown any interest in anything academic, that all she wants to do is pretend play with a group of children. I'm not against her doing that at all, but shouldn't the school ensure they do some type of academic learning (even just a few minutes a day)? Part of the reason we chose this preschool is because they have a very good teacher to student ratio and I guess I just expected them to be more aware of what was going on with my kid developmentally. At this point it seems like all the academic enrichment is coming from us at home.

They also flagged that she would sometimes get into conflicts with the other students because she was trying to tell them what to do. They suggested putting her in after school activities and setting up play dates outside of school. This kid is in activities 3 days a week and we have multiple play dates on the weekend, including a standing one with our family friends and their son who is her age. She has a small amount of conflict with these kids rarely but most times none so I don't really know what to make of it.

We will potentially be applying to selective independent K for next year and I know the school's report and preschool visit matters a lot. If my kid isn't really shining at this school should we be thinking of moving her somewhere else for 4s? I would hate to because it's so much change and instability.[/quote]

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