No Preschool here

Here is B. He is 3 years old now. He is finally potty trained {at least enough to trust him in public}. He talks well, loves to play, can tell you all about dinosaurs, can count to "train" {I'm, serious.... 1,2,3,4,5,6, train...} loves to sing, and will sit and let you read books to him all day long.

He also is NOT in preschool.

He won't go to preschool.

I .....personally.... don't think it is necessary.

When my older two were 3 and 4 years old I put them into preschool. Honestly it was because everyone else said I should... they need to be socialized they said.... they need to know how to spell their name they said.... they need to get along with other kids they said.

So I did.

Now they are fine, and great kids so I don't have anything against preschool. I'm not here to bash the preschool program at all, I think the teachers are great and probably the best out there... I' mean really....15 three year olds is a lot to handle.

But the kids are THREE!! ... technically they don't have to even be registered fro school until 5 {or 6 in some states}

Why does society think that need to be in a school setting at three??

After taking a step back {and having a few years of homeschooling under me} I have realized a few things.

If you take your kid out of the house, at all.... to church... to the store... to a restaurant.... to the park.... they are being socialized. They are learning to deal with other people, they are learning what is acceptable in public, and they are learning manners as they mimic you and what you do.

Three year olds should be able to have the freedom to sleep in, run in the yard in there undies, make a mess with the crayons, paint, mud, and flour. They should have the freedom to explore the world in a way that they are comfortable with, without being forced to share that freedom with others if they are not ready.

Even "independent" and "social" three year olds can find what they need from a trip to the park.

If you are prepping them for preschool, of course they are going to seem ready. And they will most likely even enjoy it and want to go. But again they are three.

That child was a tiny infant just a mere three years ago, and was totally dependent on you for everything.

I'm pretty sure that if you wanted to you could carve out an hour of time and play some games and read some books and count some cars... dinosaurs... dolls... that you can do all that is needed to get them ready for school when the time comes with out having gone to a  formal preschool.

Spend the time with your three year old in your arms rather than rushing them out of the house and into a school... pretty soon that is where they will be and you can't get that time back.




{Little T never went to preschool. He played at my feet while I taught the others and most of the time he was building train tracks or playing in the dirt.... he started reading at 4 and writing sentences at 5 and now he is ahead a grade in reading and math in school}