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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here responding to all the above:

Thanks for the post above about the current Kindergartener.

As far as background, he used to get itinerant services, but all of his teachers/ therapists thought ECSE preschool would be the best for him, since he was not improving at all in fine motor at Montessori (where you essentially pick your own work). I do want him to be as ready for K as he can be - I feel like the answer to having a hard time in special ed pre K is not to go to something "easier," because then gen ed K will be that much harder. The special preschool is not overly academic (IMO) - it's only a fraction of the 3 hour morning that they formally work on pre-academic skills. He has 9 kids and 3 teachers compared to 21 kids at his daycare. He still just knows two letters and can't recognize his name or any numbers, so it's not like he is being asked to read.

I did get into him into a morning class, so he could nap in the afternoons. He has mostly dropped it at this point (he is almost 5) but still gets to lay down every afternoon at least. [/quote]

We picked a more structured preschool for the skills but you can also just work with him at home.  Kumon makes great workbooks for little ones, plus reading with him and supplement with fun apps.  Lots of kids go to k without some of those skills.  And, do intensive st outside if you can.  [/quote]

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