Reply to Want opinions about advanced DD going to kinder

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Want opinions about advanced DD going to kinder"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]she will be fine. I put my dd into kindergartern early by Virginia standards but within the cut off for the state we lived in at the time, Connecticut. She was 4 when she started, didn't turn 5 until mid October.  Many kids with birthdays after August are traditionally held back, but I knew she needed to go to school. And she flourished. And then we moved to Virginia. When we moved here, I took the opportunity to have my twins repeat 1st grade, because here in VA with the earlier cut off, they would absolutely be the youngest kids in their grade and I didn't want them to have to deal with that, also with the move, I wanted them to be able to focus on developing friendships etc, so thought an "easy" year might benefit them.

It has not slowed them down at all. My dd was just selected for the Futura (GT) program here in Loudoun so there was really no ill effect to having her repeat that year - I worried that she would not be challenged, but it turned out just fine.   Moral of the story, be sure your teacher understands her strengths and focuses on keeping her challenged. I know our teachers have never had a problem doing that.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics