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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re 3.  How are they not ready to be in pk3? It’s not college we’re talking about.[/quote]

Actually he is 2 (won’t be 3 until a month after he starts), but  it’s the full time 5 days a week I’m worried about, not being in preschool. My daughters birthday is October 1st so she started prek3 a full year after he will because of 7 days difference in their birthday. She did great but she had also been in full day daycare since she was 15 months and so I feel like the transition for her was easy. And i was always surprised by how much littler the September to December birthday kids in her class seemed in comparison, many still in pull-ups and needing to be held for most of the day.

Not sure if I’ll be able to deal if he screams and cries every day for weeks or more. I’m definitely going to try it but I’m also nervous and feeling guilty that I have the option to keep him home (at the moment I work very part time from home)  and I’m not.

Thanks so much for your inputs everyone. [/quote]

I haven’t read through all the posts so others might have given a similar account, but we decided to keep our son home and skip pk3 altogether. We had friends who really beat us up over this decision, and others who really celebrated it. In other words, here at DCUM and in the real world, there will always be people who applaud or condemn the decision you make. And that’s ok.

We thought long and hard about what was best for him, our family and his younger brother, especially given that I was not working outside the home.

I work with him on letters, writing, numbers, etc. and he’s been part of classes at the zoo and music classes, plus has a great Sunday school program. We go to museums at least twice a week. I say all this to say that you can provide academically and socially engaging opportunities for him if you choose to keep him home. If you’re super worried, look at OSSE’s (or is it DCPS?) standards for what kids should learn/know by the end of pk3.

On the other hand, your son may really thrive in school. Only you can make this decision. But you’re not crazy and others have chosen to keep their children home for pk3 (and even pk4) and moved on to the next grade or repeated.[/quote]

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