Did not enrol the girls into 3yo Kinder as they were already in childcare. DD1 went to 4yo kinder, along with a day at childcare. It was good for her, but the main benefit was its connection to the local primary school. Automatic acceptance there, integration program at the end of the year with the school. Also she got to build friendships that she could continue, along with me getting to know the other parents.

For 2013 DD2 will be going to Kinder and a combo of childcare. She may or may not get into our Kinder of choice (same as DD1). If we had sent to her 3yo there, she would be given greater priority (introduced this year, so did not know when enrolments were on).

So, really consider the flow from 3yo to 4yo to primary school. If your chosen primary has a priority system for children from a certain kinder, it may be beneficial to enrol.