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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason parents do this is simple:  many, many 5yos, especially boys, are not physically ready to sit quietly for a full-day class working on fine-motor tasks like writing with only one short recess period per day.  That is not an age-appropriate expectation, but it is what we expect of kindergarteners now.  I have the money to send my wiggly 5-year-old who struggles with handwriting into a private school with lots of outdoor time and small class sizes that allow him to learn at his own speed.  But if I had to go public or redshirt, you can bet I'd be redshirting in a heartbeat.[/quote]

That is what they are supposed to learn in preschool.  Instead everything is play based and they are not gaining the skills to sit down, work, follow directions.  My 3 year old who is very active with delays can sit, no recess for hours to get work done.  Look at your parenting and the school.  We changed preschools form 2-3.  The two had no expectations but to play.  He is now in a very structured program, with some play, and is thriving.  I think its a general assumption like you are making and it does not apply to all kids.  If we have to hold back our child due to birthday, it will be a disaster as there are few affordable that are a true prek that will give him the academic and other skills he needs.  You supplement with physical activities after school, but I want school to be a learning process with academics.  He can get plenty of park and activity time after school and on the weekends.

Try an OT for the handwriting.[/quote]

No way.  This is not what they are supposed to learn in preschool.  Read up on child development.  We changed preschools too -- I took my kid out of an "academic" one where they pushed the writing and worksheets and put him into a preschool with 2 hours of outdoor playtime, lots of singing and role playing, lots of games, and a little bit of learning numbers and letters.  BTW, we had an OT and a developmental pediatrician tell us that 3 year olds in general should not be learning how to write b/c it is not developmentally appropriate for them and probably one of the reasons our older son has writing issues is that he started trying to write at a young age.

My younger son turned 5 at the very end of August (his due date was in early September) and I declined to send him into a 1st grade environment, which is what kindergarten has become.  His past year of preschool was exactly what my kindergarten was like when I was his age (including an afternoon nap) and that is what he needed, especially as a shy, hesitant child. He was not ready to sit down and be frustrated at not getting the academics the schools nowadays are pushing on kindergarteners.[/quote]

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