I still have my doubts about pre-school. What good is it that my child's has to learn to sit at a table and follow the teachers directions when he doesn't actually need to do any of this until two years later when he enters Kindergarten? He can play with other kids at the playground or children's museum or any other place for kids. They have so many years of school ahead of them, why turn them into little sheep that follow the leader so early on? I did put DS4.9 into public preschool after he turned 4 but he needed it because he really needed to be very slowly eased into the whole process. If we had put him straight to K, he'd be out the next week (with too many kids together, kids touching him, sounds too loud ... sensory overload at it's best). But for the most part, what is the purpose of Kindergarten if not this exact same thing?
