The newest debate at our house it whether or not to send the boys to 3 year old "preschool" in the fall. It really isn't a debate as we've been waiting for the day to send them anywhere on a regular basis since they were 2 days old. We're talking about 4 glorious hours per week. Whatever will I do with myself for 4 glorious hours per week? I wonder if they have summer school?
As with most parents of multiples, the question of putting twins into the same class must be addressed. There are those who believe strongly that separate classes, teachers, friends, and clothes are the only way to educate. (I wonder if they could also get separate parents?) While others are insistent that remaining together is the only way for multiples to feel secure in their new and ever-expanding environment. (Again, I wonder if this new experience of hot lunches comes with a side of new parents?)
Today, I was discussing the pro and cons of both scenarios with my mother-in-law when Violet piped up with the solution: "What if only one of them gets a bag of chips?" With logic like that, who can disagree with putting the boys into the same class!
I wonder if I can get a two-for-one discount on their tuition?! Or maybe they can be the class "experiment" and I could get paid for their attendance!
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Awesome,Blossom!!
It is midnight and I'm seeing nothing new on your mother's site, so I click to yours and absolutely crack up with your wit. You go, girl!
Send them to school. They will enjoy seeing new faces. I say keep them together, they will go their separate ways soon enough!!
I agree. Sending them off for four hours a week is a really nice way to get them socialized to a structure outside of the family. I hope it will also make the transition to kindergarten/1st grade easier! I would keep them in the same class. A familiar friendly face does wonders when one is in a brave new world!
You know they are only three once and they have the whole rest of their lives to learn and "socialize". my vote is keep them home another year. Then put them in the same class. If YOU MUST put them in 3 yr old preschool make sure they are in the same class, they are just babies and the trauma of leaving you is enough!
I am one of those who was born as part of a 'team' but the other twin died in utero. I have always felt as if a part of me is missing. I say keep them together...it's lonely being 'twinless'. I'd say let THEM be the ones to decide when it's time to split up the act. Children are so incredibly much smarter than we give them credit for.
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