Pre School

Many people have asked me why Finley is not starting pre school this fall since she will be 3 at the end of October and is eligible to enter.

Well, my friends, there are a number of reasons that we chose to delay her entering pre-school:

1) Both Greg and I felt that she was not ready to go yet.  Although she has improved leaps and bounds with her speech development, she is still not ready to be on her own.  I can understand her pretty well, but others still cannot and I don't want her to think that she is any less than those she would be around.

2) Many teachers have said that it is better for kids to be the oldest rather than the youngest.  Both Greg and I have siblings who have late birthdays.  2 went to school as 4 year olds and struggled throughout their education career.  1 was held back and was always ahead of the game.  That made our decision very easy right there.


Finley has playdates each week, music classes, swimming lessons, dance classes, giggle toes so she is constantly around other kids so she does get the exposure with kids her age that she needs.

Also, the South Fish Creek Recreation Association has 8 week pre school programs that occur once a week that help get kids ready for regular pre-school.  Finley is in 2 of these programs starting in January.  From January to April, she will be going to school once a week without me or her daddy. I think this will be very good for her.

Come September 2012, she will start her first of two preschool years followed by kindergarten in the fall of 2014.  So basically, though Finley and Penelope are nearly 2 years apart in age, they will only be 1 year apart in school.

Both Greg and I strongly believe that this is the right course of action for Finley and that she will benefit strongly from us doing this.