As LDS, we attend church every Sunday. We have a Sacrament Meeting, wherein we partake of the sacrament (as Christ taught at the Last Supper) and remember our Savior and the sacrifices He made, and renew covenants (promises) we have made with Him. Then we have a couple hours of classes. Our children go to Nursery, once they are 18 months and until they are 3 years, and then to Primary until they are 12 years old. We divide these classes according to the year the child is born. And I am not one to buck the system...except that I have with Nikell and I still want to. The problem is that we have a new primary presidency and they are trying to buck me bucking the system. Let me explain (was there any doubt?)...Nikell went to nursery until she was 2 1/2-ish. The only other child in Nursery that was even close to her age is actually almost a full year younger (she has an early March birthday and he has a December birthday, I believe). So, she got tired of it. She decided she was ready for bigger and better things and started refusing to go to nursery. I have a calling that requires me to teach and really didn't want to coddle my 2 1/2 year old. So I stuck her in with her friends in the sunbeam class. Two kids in this class will attend kindergarten with Nikell and the other two are already in kindergarten. The teacher was jiggy with it and it turned out to be a good solution.
The problem came when it was time to advance classes. Where does Nikell go? Going back to Sunbeams with this poor little boy (who wanted nothing to do with Primary) didn't seem like a good fit. I pleaded my case and they allowed her to stay with her friends.
And now that we are nearing time to advance classes again...This cute little boy diligently goes to primary every week. But he is moving in a month or two. However, there is another cute little girl that is Nikell's age and has moved into our Ward. She wants to be in Nikell's class. And rightly so. The problem, for me, is that she is here short term (a year and a half-ish). So, the most correct thing to do would be to put Nikell and the other two children in a class of their own, right? But as her mother I am not liking it. My baby who has gone through a lot this year, is going to be yanked from her comfort zone and put into a new class where the kids will be all gone in a year or so. Then we'll be back to square one...again. Honestly, I just want her to stay where she is. My solution is to simply combine the classes. But it's not the most correct solution. And I realize that. I just don't like it.
I guess we'll see how it goes, and deal with it as it comes. Oh, and I'll pray a lot too!
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I've had the same problem with Taylor. He is the only active kid in our ward born in 2002. There are 2 others who are completely inactive. Then there are about 7 of his friends born in 2003. Luckily, I've had very understanding Primary Presidencies who have contacted me each year and asked me which class I would like him with, the year older or the year younger. We have been able to put him with his school age group. It is also easier for the Presidency this way because they don't need to get 2 more teachers (2 deep leadership), and another classroom for just 1 little boy. (This is still my favorite point to argue when one of the bishopbric or stake leaders wants to interfere with a good system. They never can figure who to call or find an empty classroom.)
I hope that you can find a solution that will fit everyone, especially Nikelle!
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