Why is redshirting so common around here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My son is in preschool 9-3. We still manage to get in an activity (2 during the week, one weekend) or something else (or relax), homework, bath, dinner, reading before bed, etc. Its not a tight squeeze at all.

So when does your kid ever play? You know, in between video games and homework?

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

[Anonymous]

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

An hour or two is not enough for a preschooler. Sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My son is in preschool 9-3. We still manage to get in an activity (2 during the week, one weekend) or something else (or relax), homework, bath, dinner, reading before bed, etc. Its not a tight squeeze at all.

So when does your kid ever play? You know, in between video games and homework?

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

On the days he has his activity during the week he literally has no play time at home. And the other days are really about an hour max. You really find that to be "overly dramatic"? Sounds like your kid gets out earlier so obviously he has more time.

Anyway, my kid has a very different lifestyle in K vs. in preschool. Before, he had hours to play and now just maybe one hour - at the most. We value play in my family so giving him that extra year of "just being a kid" was worth it to us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My son is in preschool 9-3. We still manage to get in an activity (2 during the week, one weekend) or something else (or relax), homework, bath, dinner, reading before bed, etc. Its not a tight squeeze at all.

So when does your kid ever play? You know, in between video games and homework?

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

On the days he has his activity during the week he literally has no play time at home. And the other days are really about an hour max. You really find that to be "overly dramatic"? Sounds like your kid gets out earlier so obviously he has more time.

Anyway, my kid has a very different lifestyle in K vs. in preschool. Before, he had hours to play and now just maybe one hour - at the most. We value play in my family so giving him that extra year of "just being a kid" was worth it to us.

Then you need to look at your schedule. My kid has plenty of time anywhere from all afternoon twice a week (3:30 since school is 25 minutes away) and worst case, we are home by 4:30 - 5. That gives us several hours before he goes to be between 8-9. Homework is one day a week and it take 20-30 minutes - we walk in the door, eat snack, do homework... done by 4:30 max. Weekends are usually all play except for a few hours for swim class and swimming afterward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My son is in preschool 9-3. We still manage to get in an activity (2 during the week, one weekend) or something else (or relax), homework, bath, dinner, reading before bed, etc. Its not a tight squeeze at all.

So when does your kid ever play? You know, in between video games and homework?

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

On the days he has his activity during the week he literally has no play time at home. And the other days are really about an hour max. You really find that to be "overly dramatic"? Sounds like your kid gets out earlier so obviously he has more time.

Anyway, my kid has a very different lifestyle in K vs. in preschool. Before, he had hours to play and now just maybe one hour - at the most. We value play in my family so giving him that extra year of "just being a kid" was worth it to us.

Then you need to look at your schedule. My kid has plenty of time anywhere from all afternoon twice a week (3:30 since school is 25 minutes away) and worst case, we are home by 4:30 - 5. That gives us several hours before he goes to be between 8-9. Homework is one day a week and it take 20-30 minutes - we walk in the door, eat snack, do homework... done by 4:30 max. Weekends are usually all play except for a few hours for swim class and swimming afterward.

LOL. Ok... what do you recommend?

4 - get off the bus & walk home & have snack
4:30 - homework (20min x 4 days a week; sometimes takes longer but we try to cap it off at 20min)
5-6pm - playtime
6 - dinner
7 - bath & books
8 - bed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My son is in preschool 9-3. We still manage to get in an activity (2 during the week, one weekend) or something else (or relax), homework, bath, dinner, reading before bed, etc. Its not a tight squeeze at all.

So when does your kid ever play? You know, in between video games and homework?

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

On the days he has his activity during the week he literally has no play time at home. And the other days are really about an hour max. You really find that to be "overly dramatic"? Sounds like your kid gets out earlier so obviously he has more time.

Anyway, my kid has a very different lifestyle in K vs. in preschool. Before, he had hours to play and now just maybe one hour - at the most. We value play in my family so giving him that extra year of "just being a kid" was worth it to us.

Then you need to look at your schedule. My kid has plenty of time anywhere from all afternoon twice a week (3:30 since school is 25 minutes away) and worst case, we are home by 4:30 - 5. That gives us several hours before he goes to be between 8-9. Homework is one day a week and it take 20-30 minutes - we walk in the door, eat snack, do homework... done by 4:30 max. Weekends are usually all play except for a few hours for swim class and swimming afterward.

LOL. Ok... what do you recommend?

4 - get off the bus & walk home & have snack
4:30 - homework (20min x 4 days a week; sometimes takes longer but we try to cap it off at 20min)
5-6pm - playtime
6 - dinner
7 - bath & books
8 - bed

Dinner, bath and books does not take two hours (well, ours can as my kids will each take an hour bath but I consider that playing).

If homework is an issue and you get it in advanced, spread some out and do i t on the weekends. I don't get why you'd cap it at 20 minutes. You have a good 2 hours of play time or time for an activity in there. They can play while you cook or have most of it done in advanced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

LOL. Ok... what do you recommend?

4 - get off the bus & walk home & have snack
4:30 - homework (20min x 4 days a week; sometimes takes longer but we try to cap it off at 20min)
5-6pm - playtime
6 - dinner
7 - bath & books
8 - bed

Who is assigning 20+ minutes of homework 4 days a week in kindergarten? Also, an hour for dinner and an hour for bath and books seems like a lot to me. And if he's in bed by 8, what time does he wake up, and what time does he leave for school?

(I'm not the PP you were responding to.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My son is in preschool 9-3. We still manage to get in an activity (2 during the week, one weekend) or something else (or relax), homework, bath, dinner, reading before bed, etc. Its not a tight squeeze at all.

So when does your kid ever play? You know, in between video games and homework?

There is still an hour or two every night and all weekend except one activity. It's overly dramatic to say kids have no play time.

On the days he has his activity during the week he literally has no play time at home. And the other days are really about an hour max. You really find that to be "overly dramatic"? Sounds like your kid gets out earlier so obviously he has more time.

Anyway, my kid has a very different lifestyle in K vs. in preschool. Before, he had hours to play and now just maybe one hour - at the most. We value play in my family so giving him that extra year of "just being a kid" was worth it to us.

Then you need to look at your schedule. My kid has plenty of time anywhere from all afternoon twice a week (3:30 since school is 25 minutes away) and worst case, we are home by 4:30 - 5. That gives us several hours before he goes to be between 8-9. Homework is one day a week and it take 20-30 minutes - we walk in the door, eat snack, do homework... done by 4:30 max. Weekends are usually all play except for a few hours for swim class and swimming afterward.

LOL. Ok... what do you recommend?

4 - get off the bus & walk home & have snack
4:30 - homework (20min x 4 days a week; sometimes takes longer but we try to cap it off at 20min)
5-6pm - playtime
6 - dinner
7 - bath & books
8 - bed

Dinner, bath and books does not take two hours (well, ours can as my kids will each take an hour bath but I consider that playing).

If homework is an issue and you get it in advanced, spread some out and do i t on the weekends. I don't get why you'd cap it at 20 minutes. You have a good 2 hours of play time or time for an activity in there. They can play while you cook or have most of it done in advanced.

That was the short list - there is more to each chunk of time - picking out clothes, getting backpack ready for the next day, dealing with some medications, etc. It does take us two hours for dinner, bath, etc.

Anyway, my kid usually only has about an hour for playing each night. And it always feels rushed or he's all wound up from school or homework. It's tough to squeeze in play dates too. Glad we didn't push this on him last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

LOL. Ok... what do you recommend?

4 - get off the bus & walk home & have snack
4:30 - homework (20min x 4 days a week; sometimes takes longer but we try to cap it off at 20min)
5-6pm - playtime
6 - dinner
7 - bath & books
8 - bed

Who is assigning 20+ minutes of homework 4 days a week in kindergarten? Also, an hour for dinner and an hour for bath and books seems like a lot to me. And if he's in bed by 8, what time does he wake up, and what time does he leave for school?

(I'm not the PP you were responding to.)

APS
there is more in our evening routine - it does take 2 hours
awake at 7-7:30; leave for bus by 8:10 -- mornings are a struggle, no time to add anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

LOL. Ok... what do you recommend?

4 - get off the bus & walk home & have snack
4:30 - homework (20min x 4 days a week; sometimes takes longer but we try to cap it off at 20min)
5-6pm - playtime
6 - dinner
7 - bath & books
8 - bed

Who is assigning 20+ minutes of homework 4 days a week in kindergarten? Also, an hour for dinner and an hour for bath and books seems like a lot to me. And if he's in bed by 8, what time does he wake up, and what time does he leave for school?

(I'm not the PP you were responding to.)

NP. My sister's public school in California assigns 20+ minutes of homework a night for K. If they don't do it, the teachers make comments to the kids.

[Anonymous]

Here is an article on redshirting by Linda McGhee, a local psychologist.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dc-schools/mcghee-the-rush-to-hold-back-d.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is an article on redshirting by Linda McGhee, a local psychologist.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dc-schools/mcghee-the-rush-to-hold-back-d.html

Too bad she missed the point why many parents redshirt. K isn't age appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is an article on redshirting by Linda McGhee, a local psychologist.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dc-schools/mcghee-the-rush-to-hold-back-d.html

Too bad she missed the point why many parents redshirt. K isn't age appropriate.

Yes it is. School is about learning, not play. They are no longer in preschool. If your kid cannot hack it, step up your parenting and work with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is an article on redshirting by Linda McGhee, a local psychologist.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dc-schools/mcghee-the-rush-to-hold-back-d.html

Too bad she missed the point why many parents redshirt. K isn't age appropriate.

Yes it is. School is about learning, not play. They are no longer in preschool. If your kid cannot hack it, step up your parenting and work with them.

Guess you missed the point too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
APS
there is more in our evening routine - it does take 2 hours
awake at 7-7:30; leave for bus by 8:10 -- mornings are a struggle, no time to add anything else.

Not all APS schools assign 20 minutes of homework in K. This sounds like an overeager new teachers. The good K teachers let 5YOs be 5YOs.