My name is Paul Kovach, I have a boy and girl, who are twins, that are
starting kindergarten this fall. They were both involved in Pre-school. They
enjoyed playing with their friends, learning from the teacher and are
excited about attending kindergarten for these same reasons. They had little
trouble with adjusting to pre-school and I am not anticipating problems with
them going to kindergarten. If you are wondering about the "twin" aspect,
the teachers and I found that they have seperate friends, interests, and
activities. There was little indication that they relied on each other to
get through.
The parents are the ones that seem to have the most difficulty adjusting to
their children going to kindergarten, or middle/HighSchool for that matter.
When they went to pre-school, my wife had the more difficult emotional
adjustment to her "babies" growing up and starting on the road to
independence. I was happy to see them go (not literally) because of the new
experience for them and the challenges they would face. I expect these same
feelings will be present when our children go to kindergarten in the fall. I
don't know that there is any easy way to cope with the transition and
feeling that go with this stage of life. I am going to enjoy watching them
go through kindergarten, since it will only happen once.
Hope this was helpful. Paul K
From: "Cincinnati Dads" <cincinnatidads@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: cinci_dads@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "Cincinnati Dads" <cinci_dads@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [cinci_dads] Fw: parent to parent Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 12:54:21 -0400
From: G. Holt
To: G. Holt ; Mark Fancher ; Hale, Juli ; bdouthit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Amy Bridewell ; shannon simms ; ajjlkern@xxxxxxxxxxxx ; Kim Webb ; Denise Wilde ; Cincinnati Dads
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: parent to parent
Hello everyone! I have only received a response from one or two of you. I could really use your help on this. Please try to respond in the next day or two.
thank you.
Gina
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From: G. Holt
To: Mark Fancher ; Hale, Juli ; bdouthit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Amy Bridewell ; shannon simms ; ajjlkern@xxxxxxxxxxxx ; Kim Webb ; Denise Wilde ; Cincinnati Dads
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:23 PM
Subject: parent to parent
As most of you know, I take care of the Parent to Parent section in Cincinnati Family. The section offers advice from one parent to another. This month's question is:
I'm nervous about dropping my child off for the first day of kindergarten. How can I make the transition easy for both of us?
I believe each of you have been through this and thought you could offer good advice for other moms getting ready to face this challenge. Please e-mail your advice to me by 3 p.m. Thursday. Feel free to let the husbands answer as well!
Be sure to include the ages of your children and the city you live in.
Thanks so much! I appreciate the help!
Gina Holt
