Readiness to Start: Infant
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Kindergarten Readiness
Asked by H.S. from Cincinnati
on April 26, 2010
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While recently at a preschool field trip with my daughter, I was at a table eating while discussing kindergarten with other moms, and was shocked at how many of the mo...
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- I find this fascinating. Had same issue with my 5 year old last year, born in July. He is in Kindergarten and doing fantastic. Now I am faced with something similar wi...
- Ugh! Parents are so funny. They are so afraid their children will not do well in kindergarten? What on earth do they think is going to happen there? They learn to ...
- My son is in K this year and his birthday is in March. He went to preschool when he was 4 which helped him in most every way prepare for K, especially socially. My y...
Preparing for Kindergarten
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on July 20, 2011
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My oldest daughter will be starting kindergarten in a few weeks and I'm in a flurry trying to get everything ready. Gathering school supplies, clothes, making after s...
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- With my oldest, her kindergarten teacher had these cute tea bags with a poem attached for all the "nervous" mommies, I wish I kept the poem it was about now was time f...
- My youngest child, my son will be starting Kindergarten! Its bittersweet. But he seems excited himself. I have explained to him already, that his last month of Pre...
- I didn't really have those sad emotional feelings. When my oldest went to kindy, it's wasn't like separation was something new - she was in daycare since 8 weeks, went...
Ready for Kindergarten
Asked by N.S. from Greensboro
on February 11, 2008
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My daughter is 4 years old and has a September birthday. She has been going to a preschool for two years now and is in the fours class. I recently had a review with he...
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- Sounds like she's ready. I wouldn't worry too much about the shyness. My daughter was shy when she started preK. but WOW! did that change. Mine goes to a public Montes...
- N.- You will not be disappointed. My 2 oldest had to start school as an older 5 because of Texas rules. My 2 youngest could start school at 4 here in NC but we...
- My son has a late September birthday. He is smart too. However, we decided to wait until he was almost 6 for him to start Kindergarten. He just started this fall. ...
Preschool to Kindergarten
Asked by A.A. from Minneapolis
on November 16, 2008
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My little boy turned 2 at the end of July and suddenly we are looking for preschools for Fall 09. It's surreal to be thinking of him as a preschooler when he just turn...
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- My son is an August birthday so we had a similar choice to make. We did 2 years of preschool and he is now in Kindergarten at age 5. The difficulty in starting prescho...
- I will have to make this decision about my son born in July. I had an August birthday and was glad to be one of the youngest in my class. I was usually the tallest g...
- I also sent my just 3 year old (Aug 2) to preschool last year with much hesitation. He is now 4 and in his 2nd year of preschool and still debating to send him to kind...
Picking up Kid Early from Kindergarten
Asked by V.B. from Columbus
on June 23, 2011
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Hi all,
our almost 6 year old daughter (October birthday) is about to start kindergarten. State of Ohio requires 12.5 hrs of kindergarten instruction... Yet in our...
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- Really? Your daughter will feel so left out if you pick her up early! She will be 6 in october she will be fine! My daughter truned 5 the week before kindergarten a...
- In our town we only provide half day kindergarten. There is a full day option but it costs money and there is a lottery, and all the working parents are always stress...
- The only experience that I have is the fact that I had some of the same concerns you have. My daughter attended 1/2 day preschool 3 days a week before going to full t...
Kindergarten in the Fall or Wait
Asked by S. from Minneapolis
on March 17, 2008
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We are trying to determine whether or not to send our son to kindergarten in the fall or not. He has a summer birthday, so we can really go either way (He'll be 5 th...
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- Our 1st daughter has a July birthyday, we chose to hold her back. When we were contemplating our options we had a teacher tell us "There are only a few times in your ...
- It is a tough decision and you will get advice that goes both ways. I have been through the decision and strongly feel that it is a very personal decision depending o...
- S., My son is now in 2nd grade, and is a June birthday. I had never even considered holding him back a year until his pre-school teacher asked me if was going to att...
Considering Holding Daughter in Kindergarten
Asked by M.A. from Sacramento
on May 5, 2008
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My daughter is almost 5 1/2, and has been in Kindergarten this school year, her birthday is late November. My question is should I hold her back, the only issue is he...
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- Hi, I held my son back in kindergarten. He's birthday is in late Oct. But I kept him back because he wasnt ready at all social or academically. The person I would ta...
- Your Daughter is the right age for kindergarten and 1st grade the cut off date is December 2nd and it will not give her an advantage to stay back, it will be more of a...
- She will be bored to tears doing Kindergarten again. I had no choice but to take my son out half way through because of his PDD. He was too immature at age 5. He is ve...
Kindergarten or Another Year of Preschool
Asked by M.L. from Los Angeles
on February 7, 2011
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My son is 4 with a September b'day. He's been in preschool since this past September and loves it. We recently had parent teacher conferences where his teacher let me ...
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- Hi M. L, My son has a late September birthday and frankly he wasn't emotionally ready to go into Kindergarten. We are happy now that we did hold him back. He has bl...
- I would send him to kindergarten. There is starting to be some research on this trend to red shirting kids with late birthdays and so far there does not seem to be an ...
- Long Beach, Cypress, and Los Alamitos have a program for "younger" kindergarterners where they do a prep K program preparing them for the "real" kindergarten. I read ...
Go to Kindergarten or Wait a Year?
Asked by J.W. from Houston
on May 21, 2010
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Hi Moms!
This question goes to all you moms who are tackling this issue now or have experienced this in the past. My son's 5th birthday will be August 25th. He is a...
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- I agree it is up to a parent. My oldest turns 5 in a week and is headed to Kindergarten in the fall. He is one of the youngest in his pre-k class. I noticed drastic...
- Hi J., Oh my gosh! Can I feel your pain! I have 2 boys with July birthdays and I decided to give them both a year to mature and put them both in Kindergarten at 6 y...
- Good morning J.. The benefits of children going to kindergarten is for socializing and also for the teachers to have the opportunity to identify any children with lear...
Delaying Going to Kindergarten????
Asked by S.D. from Jacksonville
on April 13, 2012
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So, my son will turn 5 in August and will technically be eligible to go to Kindergarten next year. However, I don't feel that he is really ready to start school yet a...
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- Wait! Truly, you'll not regret that decision, but you may regret putting him in earlier.
- I wouldn't feel comfortable with my child being almost 19 when he graduated high school. My MIL did that to her twin sons and they felt ancient compared to their clas...
- Next year! It will be better for all of y'all! My son was 6 when he started and it was much better for us! My daughter will not go until she is 6 either and she is not...
