PRESCHOOL

The twins start prek 4 next week and the director asked me if I wanted to split them up into seperate classes. Any thoughts?
Pros and cons?

 

I would say that it depends on your kids. How do you think they would thrive more? My girls will be in the same class in their preschool, but there is only one class on the days they are going. They are also younger and I think they would do better being together. As they get older, they may do better apart. I plan on playing it by ear and not going by a specific rule of thumb.

 

My girls are in the same class this year but could be split next year because the school does offer 2 older three classes. I may split just because I love both teachers. With them being apart before they go to pre-k may make the transition easier. I don't think my school district allows twins to be in the same room. I guess I will find out when the time comes. Somedays, I think that having them in the same class would be a good thing and other days I don't. I glad that we have some time before making that choice for them. Good luck with your decision.

 

Mine have never been together. They know how to push each others buttons, and would drive a teacher crazy. Also, I find that they NEED the break from each other. Right now they are going nuts because they have been together full time for 2 entire weeks.

Interesting to note, almost all adult twins that I have met have told me that they wish their parents had split them up sooner.

 

I'm keeping mine together now(I had the choice to split them up for preschool) if it looks like they'd do better split I will. I am definitely spliting them for kindergarten.

 

We are keeping them together this year of preschool to see how it goes. But I am thinking next year I may split them up as they sometimes push each other's buttons too much. We will see how this year goes and play it by ear as well.

 

Our preschool recommended keeping them together for the first year and splitting them up after that. It made the transition easier for them, but also helped me to see exactly why they needed to be separated: they compensated for each other's weaknesses (rather than getting a chance to work on them) and fought with each other. They have done much better since they've been separated, and now really like the time apart, having different friends, etc..

 

Mine will be together, but they are also going to a place with only one room for their age. I'm tentively keeping them together through Kindergarden, but separate for first grade. I'm open to changing that if it looks like they need it. I do think they need a break form each other now and then.

 

I'm keeping mine together this year, and probably will again for next year. In kind. I plan to seperate them.

 

Mine are together now as we are in a small place with only one room for each age. They have done just fine together, but we will probably split them at the first logical opportunity--kindergarten or sooner if we make a move next year to another preschoo program we have our eyes on.

 

I'm not sure if my girls will go to preschool or not but if they do I will put them together. I also plan on putting them in the same kindergarten class, after that it'll be up to them. My girls are extremely close, they don't know what to do with themselves if one wakes up before the other. So I couldn't even think about spliting them up for the whole day. I believe that my girls will thrive better together, at least in the beginning few yrs.

 

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Mine have never been together. They know how to push each others buttons, and would drive a teacher crazy. Also, I find that they NEED the break from each other. Right now they are going nuts because they have been together full time for 2 entire weeks.

Interesting to note, almost all adult twins that I have met have told me that they wish their parents had split them up sooner.


Ditto! My kids went into preschool at 3-years old and we chose to separate them. However, there is a set of twin girls in Jackson's kindergarten class (school starts Monday) and the parents requested they be kept together.

 

I think it depends on the children. We decided to separate.

We made it through 2 weeks of pre-K so far and I can now stop second guessing myself. They both love school and can't wait to tell me about their day.

They are both very social and have no problems being apart. They are together so much, I think it is nice for them to get a break from each other. I can't wait to get to visit the classrooms and see how they interact with everyone.

Evan's class does have a set of identical twins girls.

 

Thanks so much. My husband was dead set on keeping them together.
After talking with thier current teacher this weekend, we decided to split them up. We have been noticing a difference at home in the way they learn. Eric is a visual learner, with a rather photograpic memory. Ethan is not visual, he needs alot of repetition and hands on learning experiences to "get it". Eric has been teasing Ethan at home and we thought that it was just at home. The teacher felt the same teasing was going on at day care. UGH! So we split them up this morning. They are both very smart but I feel like Ethan is discouraged because Eric is so fast at everything. Eric is already writing letters, numbers, and his name and reading simple words. Eric is starting simple math too. Ethan is just starting to identify his alphabet and numbers, but so are all of the other 4 year olds except Eric.

Anyway we seperated them~hope all goes well for us.