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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry but my son  (August 30) wasn't ready for K at 5. Maybe if schools were different, he would have been. But he wasn't ready to sit on a laptop 5 hours a day, 30 min recess, he couldn't read yet, still wore a pullup at night. If K had been anything like his high quality, play based Pre-K I would have sent him.

At 6 he was perfectly ready for school. He felt confident and a leader in class. He could read, no pullups. Teachers praised his ability to sit still and control himself all year in K.

FWIW I sent my August dd to school on time. She was ready and school is more designed for girls IMO. [/quote]

What does wearing a pull-up at night have to do with K readiness? That's at home, and there are kids who wear nighttime pull-ups into middle elementary. It's totally irrelevant. He was potty trained during the day, yes? Then it doesn't matter.

LOTS of kids cannot yet read when kindergarten starts. That's what K is for. Yes, some kids might be reading fluently, either because their parents made it happen or because they took to it easily and didn't need to be taught. Most kids will be at the stage where they can recognize letters and associate it with sounds but are either only just sounding out basic words or still figuring out how to translate their knowledge of letters into reading words. And then some kids will still be learning some letters and sounds and be not quite ready to sound out. If your kid was in any of those categories, they were ready for K. Learning to read is one of the main focuses of K, so it's a great place for a kid who needs to learn.

Finally, what the heck kind of school is putting kindergarteners on a laptop for 5 hours a day? That's not appropriate whether your kid is 5 or 6. At this point, some screen time is inevitable (usually tablets, not laptops, as kindergarteners are not expected to have computer skills or to know how to use a mouse).

I don't think redshirting solved any real problems for you. Glad your kid feels like a leader I guess.[/quote]

Some parents get it in their head that something is wrong with their child, or he is behind developmentally. Then they make choices along the way to make it even more difficult for the child to fit in and be treated like a normal kid.

My neighbor is convinced her child has social issues and maybe so. Because of it she won’t let her ride the bus with other kids. Simply makes the situation worse imho. I want to tell her that her child is normal and should ride the bus but that wouldn’t go over well.

The PP is so convinced her son is slow that she made him stay home with her an extra year. Poor kid. [/quote]

The concern trolling is really something.[/quote]

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