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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not that happy about it but we'll just do our best. By which i mean give it a good faith effort, recognize that a 5 year old will not focus on the screen, and pull back to the minimum if its awful. I know it's developmentally inappropriate so I just hope teachers are understanding, flexible, and positive - 5.5-6.5 hours for a virtual school day is crazy and I half expect them to quietly scale it back after a month.

We practice reading every day and math regularly, I'm less worried about my kid not being ready for first grade and more worried about his emotional health and relationship to school. [/quote]

Basically this. Our 5YO really needs the socialization and “how to exist in a classroom with other kids” aspect, more so than the academics. He’s too old to hold back. We have committed to two weeks of DL and then we’ll re-evaluate. I am 100% ready to homeschool him if needed, which I actually think could be a lot less work (1-2 hours per day) and definitely way less screen time.  But, I know he has an amazing K teacher and I just hope that they somehow prove us wrong. [/quote]

OP here. Yes I agree. So say this year remains all virtual or you homeschool. Youll be sending him to first next year despite missing this year of play/socialization, etc, right? Im hoping first grade curriculum will be adjusted to incorporate more of that play/social skills piece that is now being missed in kindergarten.[/quote]

They used to have only one hour a day of play on K. It is incredibly focused on academics. Don’t worry about that.  [/quote]

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