Hi,

I am answering from a teacher point of view.I worked in pre-school and for the most part they kept twins together unless there was a problem.In which case by pre-K they had them in different classes.What most teachers notice is that twins tend to stick togeher and while it is a comfort thing while in a new school.It makes it harder for them to meet other kids.

You did not say if your kids were identical or not,that tends to make them cling on to each other.If one kid is a lot more shy than the other or if they fight with each other.It is a good practice to seperate them.They will be going to the same school and will see each at home.So take everything into consideration and maybe even talk to the principle of the school to see what she-he has to say.

Good luck

Hello! I'm new here, this is my first post. I just registered my boy/girl twins for kindergarten. I was so torn about what I should do. Keep them together or not. After speaking to Teachers and the pediatrician I have decided to separate them. My daughter Is writing words and shows a great interest in numbers, counting etc. My son could care less.lol  I just don't want them to be compared in class. I want them to have their own group of friends and become more independent. I'm afraid that if I kept my two together they would just keep to themselves and not talk with the other children. It's a tough call. Good Luck! ~Laura

Hello,

 I see you have Twins. I also have Twins.

I thought I would invite you to join our group called "Mommies of Multiples".

We would love to have you.

Have a Great Day :-)

My girls start school this year and we are keeping them together for a while. It should all depend on how your children will benefit more, together or apart.

My twin boys turn 5 this August and will be in kindergarten this fall. They are not identical. They were in pre-school last year and were in 2 different classrooms. This worked well for them. One is now writing his full name (first and last) and can easily count to 30. The other can write his first name and counts to 13 , skips 14 and goes to 15. In separate classes, thay are compared to peers and not to each other. I think this wil help each develop their own strengths.

HTH,

Gina

My identical twin daughters just finished Kindergarten this year and I made the choice of having them separated. They had been together all thru pre-school and I thought it was time to let them shine as individuals instead of as a duo. I can tell you from my experience that they truly enjoyed the time apart and made plenty of friends. They would come home and share what they had learned that day with each other.

 My twins also don't really care for being twins. Since they could express themselves, they have always wanted to dress differently and really dont like it when people confuse them so I believe that to them, this was the "out" that they had been wanting.

 Good Luck with you decision.

Actually in our school district the principle says all twins have to be seperated. Some kind of midevil ideaology. My twiwn are boy/girl. The sepration was hard for them because of how they split them. In pre-k all kids were in the same group. In Kinder they split the kids between four classes. They put all my son friends in my daughters class and vis versa. Now they understood they as sibling could not be in the same class but, they did not understand why they could not be with the friends thay had had the year before.

You really have to stay on top of it. Its hard because I have to meet with two different teachers and have parties that are usally done at the same time. Then trying to attend field trips and decide who to walk with. You just really have to become a juggling artist.