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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you hold back?  Recess is your priority?  Keep your kid home about 3 more years.[/quote]

Recess is not a priority, just an example of how socially distanced learning isn't developmentally appropriate for K. [/quote]

What benefits do you think of redshirting? What "developmentally appropriate" things you plan to do with him at home or at the daycare? How will he feel when he finally enters K but looks and feels much older than the rest of the kids? Is that developmentally appropriate? I know you mean well OP, but the constant redshirting questions have me wondering why would parents not let their kids be and at least give them a chance to be a part of the cohort that they are meant to be. This preemptive negative thinking of how they'll fail in K is baffling. [/quote]

Kindergarten is a lot more academic then it used to be. There’s a lot of sitting still that is not developmentally appropriate,[b] especially for boys[/b]. There are lots of studies on this.  There’s a lot of focus on academics, when at the age of five, kids are still learning through play.  And all of the developmentally appropriate things that kids do undertake in kindergarten, such as recess, learning together, playing together, learning collaboratively, learning social skills and forming bonds with teachers and friends, are going to be significantly reduced during pandemic.[/quote]

Oh yeah, the beginning seeds of - boys will be boys. Academics in K is still sort of optional. No one will force your precious little one to write and do math, but he would be encouraged to. Surprise surprise, five year olds all over the world are learning some flavor of remote learning, your special snowflake will survive and might succeed too if you give them a chance. [/quote]

As the parent of a small girl with a winter birthday (so age appropriate for her grade) who was bullied for the first 3-4 years of school by older boys, I kind of hate redshirters. And yes, she quickly learned that mommy and daddy were not going to be upset if she pushed back or slapped someone who was being mean or hurting her.[/quote]

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