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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. My daughter is 4.5 and we are leaning towards starting her in kindergarten this fall (turns 5 late July). She knows all letters and numbers 1-10, can write her name and all letters and numbers 1-10, knows a few sight words, knows all letter sounds.

She's very social and has no issue being separated from me (she goes to all day preschool). The only thing she struggles with a bit is her reaction when things don't go her way. Crying is a natural response for her but it is SO MUCH better than 3-6 months ago, so expecting even more improvement. She loves to learn and her teacher says she's very engaged.

Based off of the feedback above I think she's ok... I'd just heard about some kids reading before kindergarten and got kind of worried. Though, if we held her till 6, I have no doubt she'd be reading before she entered kindergarten. But then she may be frustrated if they're working on things like sounding out letters?

Struggling with this decision of sending a young 5 to kindergarten a bit if you can't tell...[/quote]

My child is very similar. She's a June baby, and she already knows her letters and numbers and can count but is still somewhat immature when she doesn't get her way (in her case she's a lot more prone to being angry)

I think that the wise thing to do is send her to kindergarten. there will certainly be some kids who are already reading but the majority of kids will just be starting to read and I don't think it necessarily benefits her to keep her in preschool another year. [b]It's also important to remember that where your kid is right now in January is not where your kid will be in September. [/b]

A good kindergarten teacher is going to understand that 5 year olds are all over the map in terms of what they're capable of doing you will definitely have some kids who are reading already some kids who are ready to read and done who are still mastering the letter sounds. Depending on the school you will probably have some kids who don't know many letter sound. [/quote]

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