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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Send him. Unless he has big behavior issues it can only help.
Unless it's full time day care then I'd tone it down.

You can keep him at the same grade two years in a row if you need.

How much language immersion is involved during the day?
If it's a lot you might want to look at other nursery schools.
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There's no English spoke at all, all the teachers are native from France and Spain. It's only 2-3 days a week until 4 years old for a couple of hours a day. There's no grades either, there's just a couple of different groups of kids under 3. It's mostly play based outdoors, so no sitting down in a classroom. [/quote]

Well, we had friends whose kid was immersed in three languages since infancy. He was very confused verbally until a pretty old age (4?5?) but turned out quite normal and bright.
You might be starting k late but this does not sound like a bad option for a kid.
Especially the outdoors and playing and his friends going there.

What happens after preschool? Do they continue with the languages?

Maybe you should google what child development is like in other countries where they do this kind of multiple  language immersion more frequently.[/quote]

Yeah, I loved that it was outdoors in a nature center so the kids spend their time looking at turtles and snakes and learning based on being outside. That's what I'm most interested in. Unfortunately I haven't found a great program similiar to that without the languages in our area. For now they continue on to 2nd grade but the director told me they are adding 3rd and 4th grade soon and they are accredited by French ministry of education. Neither DH or I are Spanish or French speakers so I'm honestly not sure how his speaking would progress in those languages outside of school. None of our friends are bilingual so the French or Spanish would be their second language, while for DS it would be third, if he ever wants to speak Russian. [/quote]

I would just do it. If it goes to 2nd grade and possibly later they'll understand your kids development and he'll be fine.
Honestly it sounds like a Finnish education which is a great thing.[/quote]

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