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I am no pre-school teacher but I babysit young kids a lot and I remember from my own experiences.

Yes they do! Actually, little kids can be the cruelest because they don't know any better!

I remember in pre-k there was this group of 4 snotty girls who wore dress-up make up and dressed all preppy and prissy. Then there was me and my 3 guy friends... the tom boys :] I hated those snotty girls.. we're best friends now! One goes to my sister-school!

-Catherine

They sure do, and it's more common among girls. I've heard girls as young as three exclude another child from playing with them for a reason as stupid as not liking her clothes. The fascinating part is that these cliques usually have a "queen bee" who decides who is in and who isn't and that can change for almost any reason. Preschool teacher sometimes have to spend a lot of time teaching kids empathy and fairness. To read more about how to deal with this read "You Can't Say 'You Can't Play" by Vivian Paley.

I'm a preschool teacher who works with 2-4.5 year olds. My experience is that the older kids (4 year olds) definately do. I have seen the younger ones get very close friends and always want to be together...but they don't exclude others (which is what a clique does). The 4 year olds, on the other hand, can get especially catty with each other and mean...often it's girls!

I worked in nursery schools and public prek-fifth grade schools.

No..they don't. Children and adults tend to go with what's familiar.. first they may try to play with people similar to them and once they are comfortable they will branch out to other kids unless diversity has been apart of their household from the very beginning.

Children will form preferences just like you did when you sought out your better half. They will choose to either go with a kid that can deal with their hitting them all the time.. or a kid that likes to share his sweets...etc etc etc. and shun the kids that are adversely different such as bullies, liars, and those that just rub them the wrong way.

Cliques usually show up in fifth grade to junior high and become really bad in high school if socializing is not handled nicely..

If the teacher has a population that is all the same race.. then the child will just seek compatible personalities and will go along to get along with everyone else...

If different populations exist similarities are sought first.. and as teachers have them partner up or interact via games and outdoor play.. the students will branch out to more personalities.. unless their parents/ teacher lack social skills.

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Yeah they have their friends and tend to ignore the others.

Yes. I think they do--