My child started kindy this year and 3 terms in and he still has no regular friends. He plays by himself or with different kids randomly. I am getting upset and worried. Is it normal to be like this in kindy? or should he start building friendships? I asked him who he wanted to invite to invite to his bday and he said no one from school. He is not upset at all and is fine and likes school.
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This is so so so very normal. If you need clarification, chat to the teachers about it but honestly that is so normal.
This is normal, I'd say.
I also find that my son doesn't always tell me in depth but when I speak to his teacher, she'll say things like "he has been playing with mason for the past two weeks" and I've never even heard of him.
Maybe ask his teacher and see if his teacher feels concerned or not. I'd generally say it's normal to just float from child to child and not build any friendships.. especially if he is shy like my son, it's probably easier for him to just bounce between people and playing on his own. In time he will make some solid friendships
So normal.
My son didn't really have 'friends' until about grade 1. He'd happily play alongside all the other kids or do his own thing!
He's now 11 and has a delightful little group of mates.
Totally fine! Totally normal!
At our school the boys play soccer recess and lunch. So I’m not sure whether there are any deep connections being made but they do all play together which is really lovely to see.
It’s pretty age appropriate at this age that they can’t particularly recite friends
Very normal for this age. My son didn’t get his “group” until year 3
My son is autistic but has always had groups of friends in prep, grade 1 and now grade 2. My daughter is in prep and has a huge circle of friends in her class, other classes and other grades. By about 5,most kids do form friendships. Perhaps he just hasn't got particular friends and interacts/plays with a variety of kids? I'd be speaking to the teacher....