I'm nervous about pre-school

[Debra1981]

DD is 2.7, and I recently took her on a visit to the local pre-school she is registered to start in September. It's all new Children's Centre setting, nice staff, thumbs up. But, I was a bit shocked at how much more advanced the pre-schoolers were than dd, speech-wise seemingly all very fluent (dd has fair vocabulary but doesn't put words together), much better attention to instructions/activities than dd, they just seem like totally different animals (obv not literally!), so I'm worried if she will cope/ they will cope with her! Anything I can do to help prepare her? Another thing I could do with some advice on is her frequent running off out on walks and in shops. Other than bundling her into the stroller when I catch her, which she just thinks is a game. How can I get her to see that it's serious at the time without a naughty/boring step/room/corner to hand?

Im sure she will be fine.
Were the other children at the pre-school older than her?
Regarding the running away ,i think they all do this as they have no sense of danger.Unless you want to put her in reigns or a wrist stap i'm not sure if there is anything more you can do.

I shouldnt worry pre school will soon teach her their routine and she will fit in and just get along - shes your baby thats why she seems so young compared to the other children trust me they grow up so fast .

As for the running off i tend to think its kind of a boredom escape if you could keep her busy and try and keep shopping trips short and exciting maybe her own handbg and pennies to help you pay? maybe things to look for and to put in her own bag etc .....or maybe just reigns lol .

Yeah I agree, six months is a long period of time, she will change a lot in that time, and it's amazing how they adapt when at pre-school.
My little girl spoke from a really early age so I wasn't worried about that as such, but I was worried about how she would cope without me for 3 long hours. She adapted really quickly after a week of tears (bearing in mind she only went twice a week).
My little boy on the other hand (23 months) doesn't really talk at all yet, but I'm still not worried about pre-school because some of my friends' children hardly said a word when they started pre-school, and a term later it seemed like they were fluent!! Same for my niece who started preschool at 3 years and 1 month and didn't really talk that much, she gets on fine and she loves it!! Her speech has developped tremendously.
For stopping them from running away, I somethimes used reins with DD, with DS I don't have the choice but strap him in his push chair or trolley.
Sometimes I just hold his hand but he doesn't last five minutes, so it's back in the trolley or pushchair I'm afraid (then again mine is younger than yours).