Comments on: Online Kindergarten Playdates http://willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/ Independent Neighborhood News & Talking Points Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kindergarten Playdate on Aug 3 http://willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/#comment-297984 Kindergarten Playdate on Aug 3 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:18:16 +0000 http://www.willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/#comment-297984 Hey! Kindergarten starts this month! For anyone still looking to meet new "school friends" before the year starts, the latest <a href="http://willowglen.ning.com/events/event/show?id=685338%3AEvent%3A19965" rel="nofollow">Pubic School Meet-Up</a> is scheduled for Saturday, Aug 3, 2008 at River Glen Park. Hey! Kindergarten starts this month!

For anyone still looking to meet new “school friends” before the year starts, the latest Pubic School Meet-Up is scheduled for Saturday, Aug 3, 2008 at River Glen Park.

]]> By: School’s Out … Drive Safely! http://willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/#comment-297937 School’s Out … Drive Safely! Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:26:19 +0000 http://www.willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/#comment-297937 [...] luck to students advancing one more year toward their next diploma, and let’s hear it for next year’s Kindergartners, [...] [...] luck to students advancing one more year toward their next diploma, and let’s hear it for next year’s Kindergartners, [...]

]]> By: Maren Sederquist http://willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/#comment-297886 Maren Sederquist Fri, 02 May 2008 07:17:10 +0000 http://www.willowglenextra.com/2008/04/online-kindergarten-playdates/#comment-297886 I'm the instigator of these online playdates! I've been a member of a local playgroup that's used Yahoo groups for years to communicate and set up playdates. I also started a Silicon Valley Networking Moms yahoo group for moms (and dads!) who are home with their kids and run their own businesses. I found it a real challenge to attend the traditional networking luncheons when I really wanted to be with my 4 year-old daughter and 1 year-old son. Anyway, the Willow Glen Elementary Kindergarten 2008-9 Group I started is not about community, or business for me. It’s simply about wanting to make the transition to kindergarten easier for my daughter and other kids she’ll be in class with. My daughter has so many friends from our original infant playgroup, from preschool, and from many classes she’s taken. Her community is already so much larger than mine was as a kid. But we don’t know very many of our neighbors who she’ll be going to school with for years to come. I think starting kindergarten can be hard enough without the added stress of trying to make new friends. Imagine how much happier our kids will be and more they’ll learn if they’re already comfortable with who’s in class with them! I have such fond memories of walking to school with all my neighborhood friends. We all knew almost everyone who lived on our street! These days we live in such global communities, yet spend so much time in virtual worlds, we hardly know our neighbors. Rather than overwhelm our kids with introductions to even more kids who will go to different schools, or fill up our calendar with more driving to playdates across town, let’s get to know the families of the kids our kids will be in class with, and help our kids have a cohesive kindergarten class! If you have a kindergartener who’ll be starting at Willow Glen Elementary in the fall this year, please join our group! Maren (mom to 4.5 year old Katie) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WGEK_2008-9/ I’m the instigator of these online playdates! I’ve been a member of a local playgroup that’s used Yahoo groups for years to communicate and set up playdates. I also started a Silicon Valley Networking Moms yahoo group for moms (and dads!) who are home with their kids and run their own businesses. I found it a real challenge to attend the traditional networking luncheons when I really wanted to be with my 4 year-old daughter and 1 year-old son.

Anyway, the Willow Glen Elementary Kindergarten 2008-9 Group I started is not about community, or business for me. It’s simply about wanting to make the transition to kindergarten easier for my daughter and other kids she’ll be in class with.

My daughter has so many friends from our original infant playgroup, from preschool, and from many classes she’s taken. Her community is already so much larger than mine was as a kid. But we don’t know very many of our neighbors who she’ll be going to school with for years to come.

I think starting kindergarten can be hard enough without the added stress of trying to make new friends. Imagine how much happier our kids will be and more they’ll learn if they’re already comfortable with who’s in class with them!

I have such fond memories of walking to school with all my neighborhood friends. We all knew almost everyone who lived on our street! These days we live in such global communities, yet spend so much time in virtual worlds, we hardly know our neighbors. Rather than overwhelm our kids with introductions to even more kids who will go to different schools, or fill up our calendar with more driving to playdates across town, let’s get to know the families of the kids our kids will be in class with, and help our kids have a cohesive kindergarten class!

If you have a kindergartener who’ll be starting at Willow Glen Elementary in the fall this year, please join our group!

Maren (mom to 4.5 year old Katie)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WGEK_2008-9/

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