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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate these threads.  It always deteriorates into people posting about kids with special circumstances that justify holding them back or waiting another year to start.  No one is saying that is a problem at all.  People object to parents holding back kids just so that they can be better at sports, older, or more mature than other kids in the class.  It is the trend of doing that which bothers those of us who had no choice (financially) but to send our kids on time.  No one objects to particular kids who may have valid reasons to have been redshirted. [/quote]

+1, it isn't about an individual child, but about looking for an advantage, going with a trend that others are doing or assuming your child is "immature" although I'm not sure exactly what that means in a 4-5-6 year old as they are not supposed to be mature and are supposed to learn those things they are lacking as being part of a group at school.  Most preschools are strictly play based and do not give that guidance or academics and just leaving them on their own sets them up to fail.  If your child needs social skills, put them in a class.  If they are struggling with concepts, work with them at home.  If you do not work with your kids to prepare them for K., you cannot complain they are behind or immature, a you didn't give them the tools they need.  (not talking about low income where parents have to work huge hours, etc)   K. is not that difficult.  Parents, who complain, just don't want to do their share and work with their kids and expect the school to teach them everything from reading to writing to all the other basics.  At 3-4, parents should spend a few minutes every few days preparing their kids.  For a middle class - upper middle class family, there is no excuse baring special needs (and even in that situation not always an excuse depending on the SN), parents cannot work with their kids for a few minutes teaching the basics.[/quote]

+1 to both points. Though, in my experience, isn't K really just about social skills? [/quote]

The problem people at our school see is that the teacher is basically skipping over basic K concepts and going straight to 1st grade concepts (per the common core, not per what even used to be considered 1st grade skills) because over half the class is ready for this. This puts the class that is on grade level at a disadvantage. It's no longer ok just to be on grade level. Those kids appear behind when in reality they are doing just fine.[/quote]

Or, teach your kids those concepts before they start school regardless of age.  Your kid should know basic numbers, letters, shapes and be pretending if not reading.  [/quote]

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