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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is  a summer birthday, is doing well and by five years old there is really no need for a nap nor will your child really want one. As long as your child knows the basics going in, letters and numbers etc, they should not struggle. The only issue might be impulse control if they can't sit still for 20 minutes at a time but then again, that would be an issue in private school as well. They actually move arounda lot between doing morning meetings then going to specials, the coming back and working on reading groups, then PE or recess. It's not like they are sitting in one place the entire day just scribbling in notebooks.  Your child will be fine.[/quote]

Bull.  My child's classroom had them sitting still for the entire day, minus 20 minutes of recess, which was frequently taken away.  They sat and did worksheets without moving or even getting up for water or the bathroom for almost the entire day.  They only had PE once a week.  FCPS is a hideously bad school district with no across the board standards at all.  You were lucky - we were not.  I hope OP gets a better school and teacher than we did.[/quote]

PP here that you are quoting. What you are reporting does not sound plausible or even reasonable. K classrooms have bathrooms in the classroom so why would they not be allowed to use the bathroom in almost the entire day? I have actually visited my child's classroom for a reading event and other various events and see how the day is structured. We also have a schedule, so I know how often they move about. There is library time, something called lab(??), music, PE and art. They do reading time in groups and also math and morning meeting. How do you expect that all of that is accomplished throughout the week without some fair amount of moving about and frequent changes in the current activity.   It sounds like you are angry that your child can't sit still and is having a horrible time in K. I am sorry for that.  I knew my child is not the best with sitting still so we put her in a daycare with some academics and she has done great academically and loves K.

OP< for better or worse K has changed and my child is not special or great (except to me of course) and she is doing just fine. We prepared her for K and she went in confident with basic knowledge and that has helped.  Even low performing schools in inner cities (I know because of family living there) have seriously raised the bar for K and those kids are learning to read in K and learning basic math like addition and subtraction.  Everyone has a fit about it as I would have had I not seen how it is done. While it is tough for some to learn impulse control and not just walk away from the circle time or stay on task, sending your child to any kind of preschool or daycare setting should help your child understand the routine and ease the transition.  I did not learn how to read until the end of 1st grade and I would have never thought that my child would be expected to be learning in K. BUT you would be surprised at how capable they are.  Your child will be fine.[/quote]

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