I found a mothers day out program and put her in a couple hours a day a few days a week…she will start to learn that you will come back and start having fun. My daughter now loves school and all her friends.
My son started kindergarten this year year and like your daughter and others he was glued to my side. I’m not going to lie drop off was horrible. I have never felt such mom guilt as I did in that moment. I mean he was running after us and crying. We are 3 days in and every day is getting better. I gave my son a watch and told him the time that I would be picking him up and I think it is a big help.
Try to explain, when my oldest was 2 she started daycare, before that she was only with my parents, my husband and I. It took her about 3 weeks to not cry when dropped off, and it didn’t take long after that, she couldn’t wait to get out of the car and would run inside.
I sent my daughter to half day day camp at our local zoo. She loves it there and I think this has been good practice for her.
Get matching bracelets, or ‘best friend’ type charm for necklaces.
Draw half a heart on your hand, and the other half on her hand.
A small soft toy with your perfume on it.
When she feels upset she can look at/cuddle it to help her feel better.
My now 5yo was like this, and she took her comfort toy. The kindy understood, she’s also asd, so a bit more complex, and leaving her to literally CIO would’ve been damaging in the long term. She’s now in school, and still has tears some mornings, but is ok as she still takes her comfort toy. She loves school, and gets disappointed during holidays or school closure days, lol.
I cried in 1st grade. She had to take me to school. We walked. Sometimes I only got as far as the end of our block and then ran home.
I eventually settled down and managed to go all 12 years to school all by myself. 
I was like this as a child and my mum ended up home schooling me. At one school she even worked as the librarian and another she would wait outside and read a book but nothing worked I was sooo clingy. Grew out of it around 9
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If you can i suggest daycare even if its part time. 2-3 days a week. My kids daycare really helped with your issue and the learning aspect.
I would explain her day get a example of the school routine explain it to her and let her know after insert relevant information I will be there to pick you up let her take a comfort teddie from home that she can cuddle when she’s sad you can also draw a love heart on her hand every morning and kiss it tell her the heart contains your love and its enough till end of the day till she’s picked up
I worked in a Dayschool and had a little girl that would cry so hard she’d make herself throw up. We’d call mom and she’d go home. After a few times mom finally said she’d leave her there if we were fine with it. The little girl did it for a few weeks and then realized mom wasn’t going to bail her out anymore and she finally stopped. She knew her behavior resulted in mom coming to the rescue. My advice is to just explain it to her. Maybe practice having someone watch her for a couple of hours and them being prepared for her being upset. School may be hard for her at first but she will get used to it and realize it’s not so bad.
I started taking my little one to church and leaving her for an hr. By the 4th Sunday she was fine and telling me bye
Talk to her about it and act excited when talking about it and truthly I’ve worked in schools for years and I have seen that a lot of parents cry and are more stresses then the kids if you have to cry try not to let them see or hear you and don’t say anything around her that may scare her. Play with her pretend to be going to school get dressed up (both of you) walk and talk her thought it pretend to be driving or riding the bus which ever she will be doing be excited even play classroom they always love that and if you plan to pack lunches help her learn to open all her items and pack her box back up (what comes back home and what is trash) I have seen kids so attached to parents all there life walk right in the classroom no tears not even look back at parents if you have chance to visit the classroom without it actually being school time for her take her and stay a distance away and keep backing off as she starts interacting
maybe get a mommy/daughter bracelet and let her know you are still with her even if she cant see you.
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She will learn as the days go by, you can try to prepare her by telling what’s going to happen when school starts, just paint it in a positive light. Good luck!
Send her to school and let her cry it out. Just a part of life🤷🏻♀️ school isn’t optional.
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If she cries as you are leaving that crying doesn’t last long after you’re out of sight
It sucks but the only way you can break that is finding someone willing to deal with her so she can get used to you not being there. She’ll cry and cry and cry but she’ll get over it eventually.
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It wont “work out”??? WTH?
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Kieran Enright Nora Keane😅
Spot on! One of my daughters was like this. Very very attached. Her stepfather come to drop her off at child care one morning when she first began. I gave her a kiss cuddle and told her I would be back later to pick her up. And off I went. My partner was horrified and tried to insist on stay until she settles. I had to push him put the door and explain it only makes it harder if we stick around.
My daughter was always home with me until she started 4K. She had no issues with 4K since it was only a few hours but for the first month of Kindergarten, she cried every day at drop off for the first month. Her teacher always told me she was fine in a few minutes of being in the classroom. After about a month, she was fine. I just had to let it run it’d course. It was so hard, made me want to cry, but she loved school when she was there.
Shes going to scream!
BUT she will be fine. I just started my girl in crèche two weeks ago…
The first two days was perfect then i think she caught on to the fact that its going to happen every day and she started screaming as soon as we approached the crèche…
About two days of crying the whole morning on and off… Now she cries when we get there i just tell her i love you see you in a bit go play with the babies now and eventhou shes ctying i leave… About 5 minutes of being upset and shes playing with the other kids without a problem the whole morning…
You have to learn to walk away even when she cries. One day you will realize she stopped crying
Also if you want to have a chat with the teacher… When dropping tge kids off its not a good idea you want to give them your child and the bag or whatever and say bye bye and leave
says every mother everywhere every year
It will all work out. Don’t feed into it; encourage her. She’ll be looking to you for cues on how to adjust. And the teachers and other kids will be helpful.
Try to make it special and fun, not teary.
Good luck💕
As she says bye mom and u just sit in ur car crying cause she took it Luke a champ and ur balling like a baby lmfao true story
I “race” mine
Who can get done first
Loser has to do the dishes or something silly
Been there my child is now a 1st grader and she just turned 6 she is and has always been the youngest in her class and I am a sahm it was rough at 1st the program we have here allows parents to come and go as they please so I was able to hang out in the room in the morning and during winter months I was a huge help due to kids having coats gloves hats n stuff to stay warm I would help them put stuff away and then I would leave I would make how long I stayed less n less until she walked back on her own 
good luck momma
Maybe she will surprise you.