I'm really sad and panicking at the moment, as just learned DS's 3 friends are moving to preschool in their neighbourhood next term. The problem is that I can't think of any other child of this age group (above 3) except DS from next term.
It's a very small nursery with probably 20ish kids at peak time last year. But since this term, most of the big kids went up to school and those who are left behind aren't many. It became awfully quiet at pickup time (only 6 children sometimes). There are about 3-4 other children of his age group still around. But within a week, I heard 3 of them are leaving after this term.One mum told me she wants her little one play with children of their age, but just not many left at the moment. Obviously, even when there are new children joining in from next term, they would be much younger ones. I actually don't know if there's any other child of my DS's age will still be around from next term!
But I do trust and love most of the teachers whole heartedly - I knew them for many years and they genuinely care about each child.
As to DS's personality and preference, he has been in the nursery since he's 18 months old. We started from two mornings and it took him about 4 weeks to stop crying at the drop-offs & pick-ups. He has been happy there since and does enjoy all the activities. But he seems to be on the very bright side, which made making friends tricky as he doesn't behave like a normal 3 years old. He's very selective on what he wants to do and he's not all that keen to make friends with kids of his age group either (maybe more want to play with older kids while they probably found him too young.) He's always seems to know what he wants exactly in his head and plans/works to make it happen (it sounds crazy for his age). So on the other hand, I think maybe the adult/children ratio going down is a good thing for him, as he would get more attention.
Lots of child development are focusing on the first 5 years. I'm not sure what's the best thing to do now. We have a preschool really close which is rated Ofsted outstanding. But I didn't intend (until now) to move him just for this last year, especially considering he took a long time to settle down in this nursery. But it really worries me now that he would have no one near his age to interact, play and building friendship (if ever!).
Sorry for being a bit rumbling all these details. But I do feel really sad for him at the moment and would love to hear some advice. ðŸ˜