September 6 birthday girl - Early Entrance to K? WWYD?

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Anonymous wrote:I regret holding my child back. We are in a preschool where they are working on basics and he is far beyond that.

Oh please. Every parent feels that their child is special. So, if everyone moves up, then what's the purpose of a cutoff date?

There are a lot more kids redshirting that going early. My daughter has someone who turned 6 in April in her K class. Turning 7 in 3 months. And it is not a repeat child. He is a giant.

You must mean turning 7 in K. Turning 6 in April means he is young for the grade.

I said turning 7 in 3 months, this April. He turned 6 last April.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have one who went on time but is on the older side and in some states could have started K a year earlier, although not in our state. He is a senior this year, and all I can say is that I am so glad that he is at home this year rather than already at college as he would be if we had lived in a different state when he started K. A kid who is a year more mature is likely to make better decisions and choices when senior year comes around.

And twelve years goes by in a flash. You will blink, and your child will be in high school.

Many kids do a gap year and have life experiences, earn some money, travel before going to college. They just apply to defer their school of choice for a year. I would never hold my child back and bore him for 12yrs so he can stay home one more year.

[Anonymous]

I have a mid-Sept child who is currently 3 and is in a 3s program in preschool. EEK for her would be 2016. I have been stalking this thread.

To any of the PPs who have gone through MCPS's EEK process, can you tell me how to begin? Also, do you have any insight into what MCPS is looking for for EEK entry? I actually had K teacher from our local ES say the school never takes EEK. Can they do that if she passes the test? Is the test/decision made by the individual school?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a mid-Sept child who is currently 3 and is in a 3s program in preschool. EEK for her would be 2016. I have been stalking this thread.

To any of the PPs who have gone through MCPS's EEK process, can you tell me how to begin? Also, do you have any insight into what MCPS is looking for for EEK entry? I actually had K teacher from our local ES say the school never takes EEK. Can they do that if she passes the test? Is the test/decision made by the individual school?

Thanks!

Begin by finding out when kindergarten orientation is for the school, then fill out the form and turn it in a few weeks before kindergarten orientation.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/forms/pdf/271-6.pdf

I have no idea what MCPS is looking for! My child wouldn't tell me what the EEK person had her do... When she did her assessment, she was an emergent reader (like Green Eggs and Ham, maybe), understood one-to-one correspondence, was able to do simple addition and subtraction on her fingers, and was willing to go off into a different room with a stranger and stay on task through an assessment that seemed quite long to me -- maybe 45 minutes?

[Anonymous]

Thanks. We have an acquaintance whose child didn't get in EEK. Not sure of the child's birthday, just knew mom had to scramble to find a TK. It's good to hear some kids get in, but I wonder if there are budget concerns. I.e., will school funding and class sizes affect whether she gets in.

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There are a lot more kids redshirting that going early. My daughter has someone who turned 6 in April in her K class. Turning 7 in 3 months. And it is not a repeat child. He is a giant.

I would ask people to please not refer to children as "giants," as though it is a negative thing to be tall. My child with an August birthday, so always one of the youngest in the class, but every single year, she is one of the tallest, if not the tallest. It would seriously hurt her feelings if she were referred to as a "giant." These are children being discussed here, let's be kind.

[Anonymous]

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There are a lot more kids redshirting that going early. My daughter has someone who turned 6 in April in her K class. Turning 7 in 3 months. And it is not a repeat child. He is a giant.

I would ask people to please not refer to children as "giants," as though it is a negative thing to be tall. My child with an August birthday, so always one of the youngest in the class, but every single year, she is one of the tallest, if not the tallest. It would seriously hurt her feelings if she were referred to as a "giant." These are children being discussed here, let's be kind.

The children aren't reading here.

[Anonymous]

If you are writing that term here, I'm willing to bet you have used it in front of your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BTDT, did early entrance, kid is in third grade, it would have been a disaster to have waited another year.

If she's ready, you should send her.

If you haven't seen this article yet, you might find it interesting:

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/youngest-kid-smartest-kid

BTDT and now early entrance DD is in the high school. SHe emotionally fits better in 8th grade. I regret pushing her ahead.

[Anonymous]

She missed the cut off and her teachers recommend against it.

I don't get why you would send her early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTDT, did early entrance, kid is in third grade, it would have been a disaster to have waited another year.

If she's ready, you should send her.

If you haven't seen this article yet, you might find it interesting:

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/youngest-kid-smartest-kid

BTDT and now early entrance DD is in the high school. SHe emotionally fits better in 8th grade. I regret pushing her ahead.

Your experience is exactly what we would like to hear, someone's experience of EEK in high school. Could you elaborate or provide examples?

It's difficult when people point to high school as the reason not to do early entrance, when DC is only 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTDT, did early entrance, kid is in third grade, it would have been a disaster to have waited another year.

If she's ready, you should send her.

If you haven't seen this article yet, you might find it interesting:

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/youngest-kid-smartest-kid

BTDT and now early entrance DD is in the high school. SHe emotionally fits better in 8th grade. I regret pushing her ahead.

Your experience is exactly what we would like to hear, someone's experience of EEK in high school. Could you elaborate or provide examples?

It's difficult when people point to high school as the reason not to do early entrance, when DC is only 4.

But that's the issue. The social differences don't become obvious until late elementary. You can't switch her back then,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

BTDT and now early entrance DD is in the high school. SHe emotionally fits better in 8th grade. I regret pushing her ahead.

Your experience is exactly what we would like to hear, someone's experience of EEK in high school. Could you elaborate or provide examples?

It's difficult when people point to high school as the reason not to do early entrance, when DC is only 4.

But that's the issue. The social differences don't become obvious until late elementary. You can't switch her back then,

There are two choices:

1. Send the child based on what you know now (namely that the child is ready), and deal with potential future problems in the future, if they arise.
2. Disregard what you know now (namely that the child is ready), on grounds that potential future problems may (or may not) arise in the future.

I sent my child when my child was ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a mid-Sept child who is currently 3 and is in a 3s program in preschool. EEK for her would be 2016. I have been stalking this thread.

To any of the PPs who have gone through MCPS's EEK process, can you tell me how to begin? Also, do you have any insight into what MCPS is looking for for EEK entry? I actually had K teacher from our local ES say the school never takes EEK. Can they do that if she passes the test? Is the test/decision made by the individual school?

Thanks!

My DD took the test and did not pass. There are a series of subtests and your child has to pass each subtest. So, even if your child gets the required overall number of points, it is not enough. Some of the subtests require that you get all of the questions correct - my DD missed one of those and that was the only question she missed on the test. They also observe for maturity and behavioral kindergarten readiness.

What we did was to put her in private school. If you go the private school route, it is not until second grade where admission is automatically at grade level. In first grade, your child enters in kindergarten and if your child is deemed ready for first grade, a move will be made. That can take six or more weeks into the school year.

There is an appeals process if your child is denied EEK admission. I went and read all of the available appeals decisions and decided it was not worth the time and effort - by the time EEK decisions are issued, you have very little time to get a private school lined up and pay the tuition. In our case, we would have had to pay for tuition before the the EEK appeal decision was issued. Also, I didn't find any appeals decisions that ever went in favor of the family - the school always won.

[Anonymous]

Know a family who moved and decided to put late birthday son back a year because of maturity. He had started young. This was done in middle school. The family--including son-were very happy about putting him back.