Kindy at an older age?

if the kindy you want her to go to is very full and busy then the kids on the waiting list will come first. i dont think it will matter too much what age she starts but i know my boy is still playing with the kids he met and made friends with in the session for the younger kids.

If you know where you'll be moving to, you could book her in now, for then. Hannah didn't start kindy until this year (already 4yrs) and she has settled very well. We hadn't booked in advance so we got the choice of only 3 out of 5 days (the others were booked up) but that suited us because we didn't want her going full-time anyway.

I think its personal choice when and if you sent your children to kindy. Many people choose to go with something else like playcentre, kohanga or daycare. They all follow the same Early Childhood Education document 'Te Whaariki'.

It will depend on the indivdual kindy's enrollment policies on whether they take oldest children first or ones who've been waiting longer, or most likely try and have some sort of happy median. If you're really keen for your child to start as soon as you move, I'd be phoning them and talking to them and enrolling if they say its advisable.

Good luck with the move and I hope your child settles in well.

at most kindys around here it is up to the discretion of the head teacher - but they mostly do it according to age,rather than tim eon the waiting list. after all, its not your fault you didnt know when they were 2 yrs old that you would be moving by the time they are old enough to start...