changing nusery for one year?

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My ds has attended nursery for 2 years (he is nearly 3) for 2 days a week. He is due to start the pre-school section of the nursery in September for one year (He is an August baby)However, I am not sure that the way they operate will suit him. (It is very child led and unstructured and he is quite reserved.) We are due to move next summer when my DH's job changes. Should I keep him in familiar surroundings or choos a more formal private pre-school nursery in the hope that it might suit him better and prepare him beter for private school? (He is quite resistant to change). PS I am expecting a baby in December!

Leave him where he is if you have all this change going on.

Why do you think unstructured will not suit him? Do you think Private school' receptions are different to state ones? I doubt it. The focus is all on play any way for the first year.

Thanks for your advice codswallop. I am thinking that way myself. Just about your point on the private schools. We visted a few private preschool nurserys and they did seem a bit quieter and more organised.

Given the choice again I'm not sure I would have put ds through a move, new baby and new school within the space of 3 months. However we did and survived but I did feel that ds (then 3.5) suffered as a result (hopefully only short term) and regressed. The trouble is that the more variables in the equation, the more difficult it is to isolate and deal with the real problem. Any one of these changes in isolation could equally have caused this but I felt that we ended up compounding the problem. All this has certainly made me more cautious as regards change in the future and the possible effects it could have.

As a result I would suggest leaving him where he is so that you can deal with one change at a time. However all kids are different and he may simply take it all in his stride.

good luck