Rising kindergartener, taking kid out of school for weekend trip on first week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't you just return late on Monday? School starts on Tuesday.

We are also going to the beach Labor Day weekend and plan to come home that evening so our K son can start school. It is very common to go away that weekend and everyone else starts school on time.

I believe the OP's daughter's school starts on the 29th (as does my son's) and her daughter would miss Friday, Sept 2nd, not Tuesday, Sept 6th...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't you just return late on Monday? School starts on Tuesday.

We are also going to the beach Labor Day weekend and plan to come home that evening so our K son can start school. It is very common to go away that weekend and everyone else starts school on time.

I believe the OP's daughter's school starts on the 29th (as does my son's) and her daughter would miss Friday, Sept 2nd, not Tuesday, Sept 6th...

Derf. I didn't read carefully. I think that is totally fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We will be missing the third week of K for Disney. Not idea, but we didn't book the trip.

Everyone we asked said to go and have fun. So we are.

Enjoy your weekend!

I admit I'm pretty conservative on this, but this is the kind of thing I just can't get behind. It tells kids "You have to go to school unless something better and more fun comes along, and then you do that." You didn't book the trip, but you're going, because you think Disney > School.

I think of it as: making memories with family > school, for something as major as going to Disney world. Not for every little thing. But Disney is kind of a big deal for kids. And if you had the opportunity to take them but had to sacrifice a week of school, so be it. In the end, I think your kids will thank you for all the good memories with family rather than the memory of having good attendance at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:K teacher here: go, have fun! It takes the first month to get routines down in k! She will be fine!

Another K teacher here, I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:K teacher here: go, have fun! It takes the first month to get routines down in k! She will be fine!

Another K teacher here, I agree.

Thanks K teachers!
What patience you all must have. Much appreciation and respect to you all.

[Anonymous]

DD is in going into 2nd and has missed every Friday before labor day since she started school. Never had anyone give me grief about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I wouldn't. A lot of the routine stuff is established that week. Going 4 days then missing Friday-Monday and being tossed back in Tuesday to do it all alone might not work well. Is it the end of the world? No. But I personally don't believe in missing any of the first week-two if at all possible. It makes it harder for them to get back into "school mode" and it kind of looks like you don't take school seriously since its "just K."

Generally in K I'd say go for it, but that first week or two I personally wouldn't for the same reasons the PP above mentioned.
You still don't know how your DD will do that first day, how the teacher manages the classroom. There were kids in my DD's classroom who were still really having trouble separating that whole week, even kids who had been in preschool or daycare. That first week or two are important to get into the rhythms and expectations.

Take an extra day Columbus Day weekend, but in your case I don't think it's the best idea.

[Anonymous]

Eh -- it's K, who really cares?! What exactly is she going to miss -- a day of nuclear physics instruction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh -- it's K, who really cares?! What exactly is she going to miss -- a day of nuclear physics instruction?

No. But she might miss the first day of whatever special is on Friday. And then next Friday everyone knows what to do when they get to that special and she doesn't. For my kid that would be anxiety inducing and she would seriously stress about it. Stuff like that. Maybe it depends on the kid. Mine would not do well getting back out of the school routine after 4 days, then going back in after 4 days. No time to really settle in and get in the swing of things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh -- it's K, who really cares?! What exactly is she going to miss -- a day of nuclear physics instruction?

Maybe.

[Anonymous]

How I'd your child with going to K. Missing a day the first week would have totally freaked my son out. your child may not miss learning anything, but will miss some of the introductory stuff. It could freak an anxious kid out. But if your kid is more laid back, it will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't you just return late on Monday? School starts on Tuesday.

We are also going to the beach Labor Day weekend and plan to come home that evening so our K son can start school. It is very common to go away that weekend and everyone else starts school on time.

Because we are talking about mcps which starts on 8/29.

[Anonymous]

The only problem I see is that if you do 4 days of school too often, they expect just 4 days of school. Then it would be struggle to get up and out on the 5th day. It's like working 5 days-I can't stand it. So I start taking a day off here and there and the next thing you know, you can't stand 5 days of work.

But, if you think she might miss something in school. it is just kindergarten. And most kids will pick the lesson up fairly quickly.