Preschool - stay or find a new one?

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Anonymous wrote:There are no 7 year olds, but could have 6 year olds who are close to turning 7 (like in the summer...let’s say they were red shirted and turned 6 the July before they started k.

My son is in K this year (turned 6 last week) and I couldn't believe how many of the kids in the class were already 6 when the year started. A lot of July/Aug/Sept birthdays.

Yes, and unfortunately when you have so many of these older kids, the expectations shift, unfairly, for the younger ones who started on time. I have K teachers in my family and I don’t think they even realize it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m considering pulling my 3-year old from a more formal program for a play-based program. Your kid will likely be “behind” if you redshirt and leave him in their current school, but he’ll probably also be in a better place emotionally and developmentally and in a better position to catch up. Kindergarten used to be a place for 5 year olds to go to learn how to be in school. Now we pack the room full of 6 and 7 year olds and expect them to read, write, add, etc. It’s a real shame, and if you look at how we are performing compared to other countries that take a more developmentally appropriate approach to early child education, completely ineffective and pointless.

Genuine question: How does Kindergarten end up with 6 and 7 years old? is that normal? My kid is entering K next year and I confused by OP's statement.

We don't. There are typically one or two kids that turn 7 the summer before first grade due to redshirting. I do imagine that there will be more this coming year because of the abundance of people who redshirted their spring b-day kids that they didn't want to have DL. I have a girl with a summer b-day who will be starting K on time. Yes, we're a little nervous that she'll be in a class with kids potentially a year and a half older than her (we know someone who redshirted a JANUARY b-day, which is absurd), but that's not typical.