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Twins - in separate classes
I'm thinking about moving my 5 year old twin daughters from their
private school to public school for kindergarten. I live in Indianapolis. How hard would it be to get both girls in one class? The transition would be much easier if they were together. They rarely actually play together, but there seems to be some comfort from having their sister there. They are fraternal and not remotely similary, physically or in personality. Thanks for any advice! |
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Twins - in separate classes
Jen, it depends on the policy of the individual school or school board.
Some leave the choice up to the parents, some schools have policies about separating twins. I was told when registering my girls that it was strictly up to me whether I wanted them together, given that there are three kindergarten classes. I would check with the public schools in your neighborhood. My girls are also fraternal and like night & day in personalities, but I couldn't imagine them in a new setting without the security of one another. They can always be separated in a later grade once they have their own sets of friends and feel more confident in their environment. Cookie "Jen" wrote in message oups.com... I'm thinking about moving my 5 year old twin daughters from their private school to public school for kindergarten. I live in Indianapolis. How hard would it be to get both girls in one class? The transition would be much easier if they were together. They rarely actually play together, but there seems to be some comfort from having their sister there. They are fraternal and not remotely similary, physically or in personality. Thanks for any advice! |
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Thanks so much for your advice. I have no idea what the policy is in
our school district. I'm guessing they may leave it up to the parents. I love having fraternal girls who are best friends at home, but tend to do totally different things in a class and make different friends. It's scary to be in a new place. Just knowing your twin is across the room seems to allow them to relax and enjoy new places and friends. What grade are your daughters in? Cookie wrote: Jen, it depends on the policy of the individual school or school board. Some leave the choice up to the parents, some schools have policies about separating twins. I was told when registering my girls that it was strictly up to me whether I wanted them together, given that there are three kindergarten classes. I would check with the public schools in your neighborhood. My girls are also fraternal and like night & day in personalities, but I couldn't imagine them in a new setting without the security of one another. They can always be separated in a later grade once they have their own sets of friends and feel more confident in their environment. Cookie "Jen" wrote in message oups.com... I'm thinking about moving my 5 year old twin daughters from their private school to public school for kindergarten. I live in Indianapolis. How hard would it be to get both girls in one class? The transition would be much easier if they were together. They rarely actually play together, but there seems to be some comfort from having their sister there. They are fraternal and not remotely similary, physically or in personality. Thanks for any advice! |
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My daughters will be starting kindergarten in September. I just registered
them this month. I assumed the school would want to separate them and was ready to fight the school board. I was pleasantly suprised when they said it was my choice. My girls fight like cats and dogs at home, right down to hair pulling, toy snatching, pushing and shoving. However, the babysitter and everyone else who comes into contact with them outside the house say they are so sweet together, always hugging and holding hands, never wanting to part. Who are these girls??? Can't say I've met them!!! The only time they band together at home is when one is being reprimanded and the other springs to her defence. Whoever said "majority rules" never had to parent twins! I'm sure your daughters will adjust well no matter what you decide. Cookie "Jen" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks so much for your advice. I have no idea what the policy is in our school district. I'm guessing they may leave it up to the parents. I love having fraternal girls who are best friends at home, but tend to do totally different things in a class and make different friends. It's scary to be in a new place. Just knowing your twin is across the room seems to allow them to relax and enjoy new places and friends. What grade are your daughters in? Cookie wrote: Jen, it depends on the policy of the individual school or school board. Some leave the choice up to the parents, some schools have policies about separating twins. I was told when registering my girls that it was strictly up to me whether I wanted them together, given that there are three kindergarten classes. I would check with the public schools in your neighborhood. My girls are also fraternal and like night & day in personalities, but I couldn't imagine them in a new setting without the security of one another. They can always be separated in a later grade once they have their own sets of friends and feel more confident in their environment. Cookie "Jen" wrote in message oups.com... I'm thinking about moving my 5 year old twin daughters from their private school to public school for kindergarten. I live in Indianapolis. How hard would it be to get both girls in one class? The transition would be much easier if they were together. They rarely actually play together, but there seems to be some comfort from having their sister there. They are fraternal and not remotely similary, physically or in personality. Thanks for any advice! |
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Jen wrote:
I'm thinking about moving my 5 year old twin daughters from their private school to public school for kindergarten. I live in Indianapolis. How hard would it be to get both girls in one class? The transition would be much easier if they were together. They rarely actually play together, but there seems to be some comfort from having their sister there. They are fraternal and not remotely similary, physically or in personality. Thanks for any advice! Hey, we're in Indy, too. As others have said, you'll have to find out the district policy. Ours were mostly with different teachers, but in our case, I think they benefited from it. At home, they play together a lot. Nick -- Nick Theodorakis contact form: http://theodorakis.net/contact.html |
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Jen,
In our district it varies from school to school, basically it's the principal's call. We have three elementary schools, two of them leave it up to the parents and the other has a principal who will not put twins together. We are in Catholic school, and it is totally up to the parents. In fact in kindergarten (our boys will go in the fall), they always keep twins together then take it year by year after that. So be sure to ask exactly how it is done, and if you really want them together then fight for it. You know what is best! Take care, Ellen --------------- Erin 6/95 Bradley & Alex 10/00 |
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My twins were together for kindergarten and first and separated after
that -- on top of everything else, it was simpler for *me* to deal with just one teacher, one set of forms (of course I had to fill out two, but they didn't come home on different days and such), all that. --Helen |
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Go with your gut, and fight it if you have to. If they say that it's their
policy to separate twins, ask them to SHOW you their policy. Usually they don't actually have anything concrete to hide behind. There My b/g twins are in third, and still choose to be in the same class. The school leaves it up to us, though I do always ask the current year's teacher whether she has any pressing concerns about the kids remaining together. They have chosent to stay together for fourth grade as well. There was a NY Times article on twins and school a couple of months ago. The article cites data that indicate that twins who are placed together in the early years generally fare better both academically and emotionally. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/na...erland&emc=rss "Jen" wrote in message oups.com... I'm thinking about moving my 5 year old twin daughters from their private school to public school for kindergarten. I live in Indianapolis. How hard would it be to get both girls in one class? The transition would be much easier if they were together. They rarely actually play together, but there seems to be some comfort from having their sister there. They are fraternal and not remotely similary, physically or in personality. Thanks for any advice! |
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That is so funny - our girls are best friends/worst enemies. Alex has
come running in, crying, saying that "Samantha says she's going to take my brain!". Then if we reprimand Samantha, Alex jumps to her defense and says "don't upset my sister." Teachers have told us that the girls are very close, but also the only time either one of them squabbles with another kid, it's their sister. I think they feel comfortable arguing with their sister, but are less inclined to take on unrelated kids. Fortunately, we found out the school system in our area leaves the decision up to us as to whether to separate the girls since we know them best. I think we will keep them in the same class. The security is a nice thing initially and they always end up doing different things with different friends so they have their own space anyway. Thanks for the advice! |
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Twins - in separate classes
Nick, where do you live in Indy? We live in Lawrence Township. The
public schools seem to be okay. We currently have the girls in pre-k 4 downtown at St. Richard's but it's REALLY expensive so we're really looking at the Lawrence kindergarten program. They said we could make the call on separating the girls. In their current school, they are separate, but it's a small school so they see each other at recess. It is difficult coordinating birthday parties! We get invited to birthday parties from both classes. Fortunately, everyone know now that they are twins and their sister has always been invited. Having them in one class would make THAT easier. Also, I'd only be checking notes from one teacher instead of two! |
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