Reply to This age discrepancy due to "redshirting" is ridiculous

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "This age discrepancy due to "redshirting" is ridiculous"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone discuss this in more detail beyond driver's licenses? If I have a child who is beyond ready for kindergarten socially and academically, what is the advantage? I understand if your child has delays, but what about the younger sibling who is ready to skip kindergarten and be the same grade as their older sibling? Why should I put this child in another year of pre-k?[/quote]

Because preschool is fun.  Because little kids learn a lot about learning through play.  They need to do so much problem solving through play in order to reach higher levels of learning later on in school.  If they skip this step or don't satisfactorily develop this area of cognition and skip straight into ABC, 123, rote memorization, they will lack the really important soft skills needed to succeed where raw intelligence will only get you so far.  Because there is no rush.  Because it is more important to instill a love of learning than just quick grade level mastery.  Look deeper.  Teach your child that learning opportunities are everywhere, that she has more control over what she learns than the teacher.  This happens in good play based preschools--as well as the really good social-emotional stuff.[/quote]

After 3 years of preschool, the curriculum is generally repeated with the 4 and 5 year old ages, so I'm not sure how it benefits.  Not all kids gain via play.  My child did not do well in a play based program.  We switched to a more academic and it is a huge difference.  If we hold him back, we'll have to put him in a play based as he cannot do 3 years at his current place as it is a repeat and discouraged.  Some kids love to learn and have that deeper love early on.  You are placing your values and generalizing them to the needs of all children.  Play based is good for some kids, as are all the other styles of programs but it is not the cure-all for a young child.  Holding an academically based child back in a play based preschool is a waste of time.  We got nothing out of our play based program including social-emotional.  They just play.  In our program, actual social skills as well as academic skills are taught.[/quote]

Preschool is traditionally two years.  Preschool-3 and PreK-4.  It sounds like you started to early to begin with.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics