At that age, making new friends is a very quick process. So I wouldn't worry from that PoV.
But I'd be more concerned about how it would affect going to school afterwards.
The other thing is, if the bullies' parents are doing nothing about the bullying (and yes, it can be classsed as such) then I'd move to a school were there were more concerned parents. Bullying in the early years can affect the brain and personality of a child so much - take it from someone who was bullied from the age of 2 by a girl 2 years older whose mother didn't care!
Even though she happily plays with her friends, this group of boys will still be leaving an impression on her and the others they are treating this way - even if they are not being affected personally by having toys taken off them etc, it still affects them in that it is disruptive to their day. There is one boy in my DD's preschool class that has a few developmental issues and he is what you could call a 'bugger of a kid'. He isn't a bully to the others, but he is always doing something he shouldn't be and is quite disruptive to the rest of the class - he will make himself vomit at meal times or tip out the drinks of the children sitting next to him etc or he is just loud kwim? I can guarantee that when I ask her about her day when I pick her up that she will have something to tell me about what this boy did and his escapades which far outweigh what she can tell me about the rest of her day - if I ask her what did she play on or do in the classroom, she says she can't remember, but if I ask her what did xxx do today, then she can tell me in great detail what this boy did and that worries me. I worry that she will have more memories of this boy doing what he does than she will of what she did with her friends kwim?
So if it were me I would put her into the new prep. It will help her have confidence in the early days of school if she knows a few children already and make the transition to school easier. I don't think it is something that you can let her decide though as like you've seen, she changes her mind from one week to the next. If you do decide to do it certainly let her know, but tell her in a postive light.a
How many of you can remember people you were in Prep with? Friends at that age are mroe important than you think, so if she can start building the relationships now, she'll have a little bit less to deal with when she moves on to Prep.
I know the Melbourne childcare and kinder scene pretty well, so if you want to PM me the specific details, I'll talk more about it.
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