Comments on: The Twins Start Kindergarten http://jenuinejen.com/2008/08/04/the-twins-start-kindergarten/ Tips, Thoughts, and Tales from a Peach State Mom of Twins Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ernestine http://jenuinejen.com/2008/08/04/the-twins-start-kindergarten/comment-page-1/#comment-55946 Ernestine Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:06:11 +0000 http://jenuinejen.com/?p=807#comment-55946 Good day! This post could not be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thank you for sharing! Good day! This post could not be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thank you for sharing!
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]]> By: jenuinejen http://jenuinejen.com/2008/08/04/the-twins-start-kindergarten/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 jenuinejen Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:00:53 +0000 http://jenuinejen.com/?p=807#comment-1639 Thanks for commenting on my blog, DoubleTrouble. We do not have year-round school but we do have an early start school year. It starts at the beginning of August and ends at the end of May. In between about every 7th to 8th week there is a week vacation and 2 weeks for Christmas break. There are advantages and disadvantages to this schedule. The disadvantages are: it is tough to arrange childcare for a 2 parent working home and August is typically the hottest month in Georgia (lots of parents complain because the buses are not air conditioned), the summer is shorter, and it is harder for teenagers to get a summer job because the summer is shorter. The advantages are: there are lots of week long breaks so that you can take a vacation when places are less busy (especially Disney World), the teachers and staff have a week off every 7 to 8 weeks (I wish I'd had that many breaks when I worked full time), and the summer is shorter. I am pretty ambivalent about the schedule. My biggest concern is the difficulty for 2 parent working families to arrange childcare for younger children during breaks. It is good to be able to take a vacation to Florida in September when everyone else is back in school but it is still warm enough to enjoy the beach. Thanks for commenting on my blog, DoubleTrouble.

We do not have year-round school but we do have an early start school year. It starts at the beginning of August and ends at the end of May. In between about every 7th to 8th week there is a week vacation and 2 weeks for Christmas break.

There are advantages and disadvantages to this schedule. The disadvantages are: it is tough to arrange childcare for a 2 parent working home and August is typically the hottest month in Georgia (lots of parents complain because the buses are not air conditioned), the summer is shorter, and it is harder for teenagers to get a summer job because the summer is shorter. The advantages are: there are lots of week long breaks so that you can take a vacation when places are less busy (especially Disney World), the teachers and staff have a week off every 7 to 8 weeks (I wish I’d had that many breaks when I worked full time), and the summer is shorter.

I am pretty ambivalent about the schedule. My biggest concern is the difficulty for 2 parent working families to arrange childcare for younger children during breaks. It is good to be able to take a vacation to Florida in September when everyone else is back in school but it is still warm enough to enjoy the beach.

]]> By: DoubleTrouble http://jenuinejen.com/2008/08/04/the-twins-start-kindergarten/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 DoubleTrouble Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:44:52 +0000 http://jenuinejen.com/?p=807#comment-1637 Hey - just out of curiosity - why do they start school so early in August? Do you have year-round school? Or is this just an early entry kindergarten class? DoubleTroubles last blog post..<a href="http://doubletroublepodcast.blogspot.com/2007/11/its-been-long-time.html">It's been a long time...</a> Hey – just out of curiosity – why do they start school so early in August? Do you have year-round school? Or is this just an early entry kindergarten class?

DoubleTroubles last blog post..It’s been a long time…

]]> By: jenuinejen http://jenuinejen.com/2008/08/04/the-twins-start-kindergarten/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 jenuinejen Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:56:37 +0000 http://jenuinejen.com/?p=807#comment-1636 Thanks for the comment Laura. It is hard to believe how fast time flies! If I had a situation where one child was mothering the other, I would separate them as well. Thanks for the comment Laura. It is hard to believe how fast time flies! If I had a situation where one child was mothering the other, I would separate them as well.

]]> By: Laura http://jenuinejen.com/2008/08/04/the-twins-start-kindergarten/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 Laura Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:52:00 +0000 http://jenuinejen.com/?p=807#comment-1632 Oh, how time flies!! My little monkeys started kindergarten recently too - I got a little emotional over it all! Oh, and mine are separated - Mallory tends to really mother Pablo, and we all decided it would be in everyone's best interest for them to be independent of each other! Lauras last blog post..<a href="http://lalagirl.org/2008/08/06/another-sister-weekend/">Another Sister Weekend!</a> Oh, how time flies!! My little monkeys started kindergarten recently too – I got a little emotional over it all! Oh, and mine are separated – Mallory tends to really mother Pablo, and we all decided it would be in everyone’s best interest for them to be independent of each other!

Lauras last blog post..Another Sister Weekend!

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