4 year old kinder 2014 Chat

We invited three from kinder for DD1's party. We are having it at a venue that can accommodate 10 kids and once our family kids are counted, we had space for three more. I'm guessing parents will stay.

We're doing badly with getting there on time in the mornings! DD1 has an 8.30 start twice a week and a 9.30 one which we make. She takes forever to eat her breakfast! This week has been especially bad as I have a cold too and haven 't been as strict with getting up with the alarm!

We only have one more session and then we go away. Taking cupcakes in to celebrate DD1's birthday. I can't believe the term is just about over. I went and got paperwork today about school enrollment ! This year is going to fly!

On a group of 14, if you aren't at a venue with limited numbers, I would personally invite them all. Nothing worse than a small group and you miss one of the kids on the "fringes" of all the little groups, and they hear about all the parties but never get invited themselves. Honestly, I'm struggling to not just in invite dds while group (I can't justify it given there are 27 kids) - I just don't want to see a kid hurt cos they think they are friends and don't get invited. :(
As it stands there are probably half a dozen names that crop up after every kinder session. And that her dad says are drawn together every morning. But I'm planning to do what was suggested and ask the teacher who she plays with through the day just I make sure I don't miss anyone. We Are fairly lucky in that we have a large house and yard and so far, have had decent enough weather every year for birthdays (even though she is right on the cusp of winter!) - I figure for 90 mins-2 hours we can make it work Eve of there are ten kinder kids. If it gets too much for the adults that inevitably show up (aunts and uncles and stuff) we have a second living area they can migrate to until the kinder kids leave.


We have a hallway full of kinder art. And a spot in the table that was overflowing with a4 sized stuff. So now dd has an art "folio" - grabbed a display folder and anything that fits goes in there!

Oh gosh I think I haven't been late once so far! We moved during the xmas holidays and now have 20 mins of highway driving on a good day to get to the kindy. He starts at 8:30am and we have to leave right on 8am to get there on time at that time of day. We didn't want to change kinder so thought we'll put up with it for the year...it is getting a little old already though I must admit.

DD2 is having her party on Sat, we only invited girls.(there is only 5 girls including her in the class)

We are never late! Often we are outside the kindy 10 minutes early even though we only live a 5 minute drive away. I make lunch the day before and I have the bag packed ready to go. It also helps that I don't need to shower as I go to the gym after kindy drop off.

Our kindy doesn't like people coming onto the grounds early, so you have to wait until the start time to go in. Is that a common rule? Working parents normally push it to going in 5 minutes early so that they can dash out the gate as soon as it officially "starts".

We have an extremely large family and if DD had a party with family + kinder kids, the kinder kids would get lost in the group and DD wouldn't even see them. We did a small party and I said she could invite 5 people (5th birthday) - we ended up with several due to a couple of sibling pairings that we knew both siblings of the family well. We had that party at a play centre and the family/our friends with kids party at home. I asked her who she wanted to invite and encouraged one other invite.

II think whole class parties are too much for the kids but that is just my opinion.

I tell DD that we are friends with everyone but there are some people we like to spend more time with and that's okay.

With daycare based kinder, is different kids different days, so the whole class party wouldn't work anyway as would be enormous. Last year for 4th I just asked DD for 8 names, and sense checked them with less she mentioned. There were people who didn't get an invite who she plays with, just as there have been parties of some of her friends where she hasnt had an invite. She doesn't seem to care or do others, they just know that you get to go to some and others you don't. This year if have a party will do the same, ask DD for a few names and sense check.

Rinds me - Our kinder has 3 groups that mix over the days e.g red and greens on Mondays and then red and yellows on Wednesdays so a whole class would be impossible - I hadn't thought of the groups !

I just remembered we had a note home last week about the easter hat parade :o Kids need to make a hat at home before having a parade we are all invited to, that will be very cute to watch! Not sure how interested Moo will be with making a hat...maybe if I give him a stack of alphabet letters to stick all over it...

changed ideas for the party again lol. first plan of only 2014 kinder kids changed when dd had a party with kids she was in kinder with last year. dd had such fun, she really misses her friends from last year and after the party she asked if we could invite some of them. i am still trying to work out who she plays with at kinder, i spoke t o kinder teacher this morning, and going in early this afternoon to watch and get some names. her friends were more obvious last year bc she talked about specific kids alot more. i think she is still finding her place.

i'm not combining family, i just want dd to have fun with the kids, and maybe help her with some new friendships.

later this week, i am taking my DD2 into kinder and doing a baby bath demonstration. DD will be my helper.

I have no advice about parties - our kids don't get them, we take them out for lunch and to the movies instead.

But from last year, dd1 got several invites and it appeared like they invited everyone.

urgh. the teacher wrote down some names for of kids DD plays with. DD asked me what the list was and i told her. "Nah, not them" she told me.

Are there many HotI that she talks about ALL the time, even though it may change are there certain ones she always comes back to?

I've been MIA so have a bit of reading to do, how is everyone settling in now it's nearly the end of first term?

DD2 has had a bit of time off this term, the fires, sick with croup, sick again on Thurs.

She slots straight back in when she gets there though and seems happy enough, will see how she goes after school holidays with going back to it all, DD1 got a bit funny after the first break but settled in with the teachers and things a week later.