What age did your child start kindy?
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Topic: What age did your child start kindy?
Posted By: my2girls
Subject: What age did your child start kindy?
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:36am
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My DD has just been called up to start kindy (she is 2yrs 7mths), i said i wasnt ready yet and would be happier next year, im just wondering what age others started their kids at kindy?
Do you think starting them too early would mean that they would get sick of it by the time they go to school, or do you think it would be good to start around 3? Ohhh what to do ( i think im just scared i dont know what i would do without her! LOL) |
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:44am
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rhiannon was 2yrs 3 mths when she started kindy and she loves it, goes 2 afternoons a week and is thriving.
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 12:41pm
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3 yrs 8 months. She went on the waiting list at age 2.
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 1:40pm
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i dont think they get sick of it casue it does change when they get a bit older and becomes more focussed. gabriel started at 3yrs 6 mths i think and toby had just turned 3 when he started. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 7:42pm
| What kindy is that at?? I rang a couple of kindy's in Hamilton the other day and their starting ages were 3 years 8 months! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 9:19pm
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Maya was at daycare till she was 3 and started Montessori on her 3rd birthday. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 1:33am
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Charlotte started for 2 mornings a week (9-12) at 2 years, 6 months. She moved up to 3 mornings 3 months later and then started 5 mornings a week when she was 3 1/2.
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Posted By: my2girls
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 7:27am
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Brenna - we are in Morrinsville - Rushton Road Kindy, they take them from 2.5 years here, places are available on an age basis rather than a first in first served basis.
Looks like everyone is different from when their kids started. I have a couple of friends with children a little younger and they are starting begining of next year, which would be nice for my daughter to start with them as she plays with them all the time. Its just hard for me to let go i think and come to terms with the fact that she is getting older 
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Posted By: Nefertiti
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 9:15am
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My youngest started just before she turned 4 but that was because I was working full time and her carer couldn't get her to kindy. But once she started it she loved it!!
My other 2 started around 3 from memory. Brenna - which kindys did you call. There are some out there taking them from 2.5yrs (even younger if toilet trained) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nefertiti
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 9:19am
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I just saw in another thread that aussiegirl lives in Hamilton and works at a kindy. Maybe PM her Brenna and ask if they take them earlier.....but I don't know which area she is in. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mumto3+1more?
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 10:47am
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both my boys atrated at 2 and 9 months and were fine- I found they were really needing something like that with lots of stimulation anyway... good luck ------------- ~~mommy to~~~ Candyce Chanel 15 Elijah Samuel Francois 5 Jacob Isaac Francois 3 + 4 babies in heaven |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 11:10am
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My eldest started as soon as he turned 2 and he loved it!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 14 November 2008 at 9:51pm
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sarah was about 2yrs 3mths when she started she loved it!
i took jett in the other day to my mums kindy just for a visit and he had a ball it was so funny watching him run around and switching all the brushes in the paint pots lol ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 15 November 2008 at 10:36am
| I chose not to send my DD to kindy. She went to Playcentre instead. We started when she was about 10 months old and she went right though till the week before she started school. I feel she didn't miss anything by not going to kindy. Playcentre was awesome, she had all the same sorts of experiences there that other children had at kindy. Plus she made friends that shes still friends with now, 5 years on. |
Posted By: xnikx
Date Posted: 17 November 2008 at 10:44am
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My 3 year old is yet to attend kindy!
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Posted By: Kim
Date Posted: 17 November 2008 at 12:23pm
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You can put her on a waiting list where you are living now and then when you know where you are moving to swap her to the waiting list at the nearest kindy there.
Zac has been on a waiting list at Botany since he was 2. We recently moved to Ellerslie and swapped his waiting list to a kindy in Remuera and he starts tomorrow...which I am quietly stressing about!!! ------------- Zac Mark - 30.11.05 Samara Ailsa - 13.08.07 |
Posted By: xnikx
Date Posted: 17 November 2008 at 12:26pm
Good idea, thanks Kim 
The kindy up the road is the one i attended! I would like her to go there, but i dont actually have a license or my own car! If only we stayed in this area.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: xnikx
Date Posted: 19 November 2008 at 10:27am
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Just an update.. Charlottes starting kindy on December 1st!
I just went in yesterday to have a look & they gave me an enrolment form & said she can start asap 
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