Comments on: Why is this giving me heart palpitations? It is just kindergarten. The child-eating machine.

By: I have entered Mike into the Matrix. Just for him I chose the Red Pill. :: Plain Jane Mom Blog.

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:11:14 +0000

[...] So I did it. I registered Mike for kindergarten. There were no lines. I had the million pieces of paperwork I needed to show I really live here in this supposedly coveted school district, and it all went fine. It just felt so weird getting him into a computer in an official school building. I know, I’m a freak, but this has clearly hit a button with me! [...]

By: This is me Maria » Mommy memories

This is me Maria » Mommy memories — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:41:40 +0000

[...] Anyway just a memory I wanted to write down before I forget. Plain Jane’s post about Mike going off to Kindergarten is what reminded me. [...]

By: Maria P.

Maria P. — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:28:34 +0000

I know just what you mean and I have similar worries for my littles as they progress to the higher grades. So far they are doing great but I always worry, will they able to adjust as they get older to keep up with the things that happen?

Oh and my son is a spanish immersion school (which we love but let me just say homework is veeerrry interesting because “Moooom YOU don’t know. You don’t speak spanish.”

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:23:05 +0000

My oldest daughter turns 5 in June and I’ll be registering her for kindergarten in April and frankly just thinking about it freaks me out. I hope when the time comes your boys have a kindergarten teacher who is nurturing and that they truly love school and flourish in the environment. It’s just the unknown that is so scary. Kindergarten is a huge milestone and one that is just as significant for the parents as the kids.

And homework? In kindergarten? WTF? NO, just no.

By: Liz Ditz

Liz Ditz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:45:49 +0000

Delurking a bit….

Boy are we on the opposite ends of the curve! The last one is just completing her college applications.

Didn’t really have to think about it — DS1′s birthday is February; DS2′s birthday is in August but his kindergarten teacher STRONGLY recommended a second year in K — starting from after the Thanksgiving break (“He’s just not ready for 1st grade structure”), and DD1′s birthday is late in the year after the cut-off.

And don’t get me started on homework before 4th grade — let alone kindergarten. It is EEEEEEVVVVVILLLL.