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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks so much everyone.  My child is in a Montessori preschool where they want kids to stay for the "third year" so I don't think I will get an unbiased assessment of whether he should stay or go.  (Meaning: they want all kids to stay another year.)  I don't want him to stay as one of the only 5 year olds and then start him in first grade.  If we kept him, it would be only because we thought he might not be ready for K and would start K as a 6 year old.

I am afraid that with the large K classes, he won't get enough personal attention and will just slide by.  As it is, his preschool teachers have an assessment of his skills that do not correspond with what I have observed at all.   They think he can blend letter sounds and when we do it together, he has no clue.  I could go over it with him for 30 minutes and he still doesn't get it-- I can't imagine how it would work in a large class setting.  Current Janney K parents-- I would love your feeback on whether my concern is misplaced![/quote]

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