Anonymous
09/09/2024 16:14
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
I don’t think this matters. My daughter was in a class of all boys last year and she was near the oldest 2-3 around her age. She did amazing and has some best friends from that class. I wouldn’t say I was worried before, but I was wondering if I should worry and asked some friends who told me that at this age it doesn’t matter and they were right! As long as he is happy, you are good!
Anonymous
08/28/2024 21:22
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
Anonymous wrote:None of this matters. At all. Do whatever you want!
Yep.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 20:17
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
OP: This is the first year the school has allowed under two’s and it did not disclose nor advertise. I think the under two’s are all siblings of older students and the school approached them. I’m not the only parent who was taken by surprise regarding the young class.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 06:07
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
Anonymous wrote:My almost 2.5 year old started preschool this week. He was put in the “younger 2’s,” which I was shocked to learn included four children who have not yet turned two and one that turned two last month. Two other kids are around his age.
He is one of three boys. One boy is his age and the other boy is the youngest (8 months younger than my son.)
My son goes 5 days per week full time.
He interacts with the “older 2’s” who are literally his age, for an hour a day.
The school refuses to put him in the other class, which has five boys his age.
I have the opportunity to start him in a larger preschool next week where the entire class of 11 kids is his age, most of whom are boys.
My son seems happy after two days at school, but… who will be his friends? Who will he play with? Will we ever have playdates?
Would you change schools if you could?
This is a question I would have raised before I registered. And does it matter to them at this age? Maybe.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 06:05
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
Former preschool teacher here. I agree that he will be fine. The boy/girl thing is irrelevant. Boys and girls can and should be friends. I guarantee that girls also like to play blocks and trucks and go down the big slide. It feels like a big deal now, but you said yourself that he’s happy. Don’t create a problem where there is none. The preschool days go by fast and there’s a lot of change. He will learn leadership skills by being the oldest. It will be ok, I promise you 
Anonymous
08/28/2024 05:58
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
Anonymous wrote:He’s fine. Trust me. You won’t realize this for a few years but preschool is a momentary blip in their lives.
I agree.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 05:02
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
None of this matters. At all. Do whatever you want!
Anonymous
08/28/2024 02:43
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
At that age, girls and boys really play together well. Boys tend to be a little less mature and a little more wild, so I actually think that demographic mix for the classroom sounds good. All of them can be his friends!
Anonymous
08/28/2024 02:31
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
If you are posting you think this is not a good fit and switch. They probably don't have the space to move him up and need to fill that classroom.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 01:51
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
Op again: before school, he was with a nanny and spent his days with one boy 5 months younger and two boys 1.5 years older. So this is a change.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 01:50
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
OP here. My son is an April baby. There are five kids born February and march in the older class. Strangely, the oldest march baby in either class is actually in his class. He’s the second oldest. After my son, the other kids are July and younger. 28 months feels very different from 24 and 20 months.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 01:43
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
They should be trying to group the kids by school age. Is your kid born in March or April? So your kid will go to school with kids who are up to 6-7 months older and 3-5 months younger. That is assuming where you live has a sept cut-off.
But that can be hard to do when balancing classrooms. And if your kid is almost 2.5 then they are 2.4 right now. That is a younger 2. Have you considered patents of kids who are older 2’s might not want your kid who is 6 months younger in the older 2 class. So it works both ways.
In the end all things being close to equal, chose the school closest to your house..
But that can be hard to do when balancing classrooms. And if your kid is almost 2.5 then they are 2.4 right now. That is a younger 2. Have you considered patents of kids who are older 2’s might not want your kid who is 6 months younger in the older 2 class. So it works both ways.
In the end all things being close to equal, chose the school closest to your house..
Anonymous
08/28/2024 01:35
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
At that age kids will play with any other kids. The fact that they're mostly younger or mostly girls is irrelevant.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 01:22
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
He’s fine. Trust me. You won’t realize this for a few years but preschool is a momentary blip in their lives.
Anonymous
08/28/2024 01:20
Subject: My Son is one of two boys in his preschool class
My almost 2.5 year old started preschool this week. He was put in the “younger 2’s,” which I was shocked to learn included four children who have not yet turned two and one that turned two last month. Two other kids are around his age.
He is one of three boys. One boy is his age and the other boy is the youngest (8 months younger than my son.)
My son goes 5 days per week full time.
He interacts with the “older 2’s” who are literally his age, for an hour a day.
The school refuses to put him in the other class, which has five boys his age.
I have the opportunity to start him in a larger preschool next week where the entire class of 11 kids is his age, most of whom are boys.
My son seems happy after two days at school, but… who will be his friends? Who will he play with? Will we ever have playdates?
Would you change schools if you could?
He is one of three boys. One boy is his age and the other boy is the youngest (8 months younger than my son.)
My son goes 5 days per week full time.
He interacts with the “older 2’s” who are literally his age, for an hour a day.
The school refuses to put him in the other class, which has five boys his age.
I have the opportunity to start him in a larger preschool next week where the entire class of 11 kids is his age, most of whom are boys.
My son seems happy after two days at school, but… who will be his friends? Who will he play with? Will we ever have playdates?
Would you change schools if you could?