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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they are not ready for K, best to hold them back a year like DCUM standard dictates.  As a teacher, one would hope you got them prepared academically and socially.  If your kid needs rest time in K, they do no belong in K.[/quote]

Don't need rest time? Back in the old country kids don't start school until they are 7 (by Oct 1). So there are 7-year olds still in what we call daycare (2-7 year olds but in different groups) and taking naps.  I was 7 and taking a nap in the 80s in daycare. I turned 8 few months after starting school. Not sure if I needed a nap or not, but we ran like crazy and played outside all day long in daycare. We were exhausted by 9 or 10 o'clock. The nap we took didn't mean we would be up all night. 
I was very surprised to find  that 4-year-olds here in pre-k  have quiet time on a mattress, not really a nap. But then again, they were inside learning something and not letting their steam out until after 3:15 and during 1 recess. No wonder they don't need a nap.
I guess it's a different system here. Kids have the ABC's on the wall and all. We don't start teaching letters until the last year of daycare. Our kids are way behind American kids when it comes to reading and letters.
I'm guessing that both countries have specialist who know what's best for the children, but the systems are really different.[/quote]

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