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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So by your logic, a child should never go to day care at an early age and very limited preschool if any. The child is basically five, give or take a few weeks. Either a child is ready or not but to hold them back over a few weeks makes no sense. I have a September child so this does impact us and our plan is to send him. What ever skills he is behind on, we will work with him at home and help him "catch up." Academics come easy as he's reading at 3 and starting to write. He can spend hours doing school work and loves the structured activities at preschool. What would not be fair to him is to have to move him as he cannot stay at 5 at his preschool to a play based preschool where there are few academics being taught. At that point, Kumon, playground and other activities would better meet his needs. He needs to be in a structured learning program and parents today are anti-learning at earlier ages so there are very few private programs around that would meet his needs. Hence, K. is the right choice. Some kids aren't ready. Some kids are. Let those kids ready go. How does it harm your child by having a 4 year old/11 months start with your 5 year 5 month child? It doesn't[/quote]

I think the people on this board that have the problem are the ones that think everyone should send their child on time--ready or not.[/quote]

What does ready mean?  You could have a child start at six and not read and write but deemed ready as he is 6.  You can have an almost 5 year old ready and is reading and writing prior to entering.  You can have a five year old who is somewhere in the middle.  K. is where kids are supposed to get those skills so ready or not, they should start so they can learn academic and social skills.  I'm amazed that so many kids do not have basic literacy skills at age five.  In less there are medical or developmental delays, kids at a minimum should know how to count, know all the letters and basic sight words.  Is it really that hard to spend 15-20 minutes working with your kid a few days a week?[/quote]

You are wrong. A child does NOT need sight words for K.  The ability to but not to actually read the words.  Learning through play environments don't push rote memorization so they don't have sight words down at the start of K but pick them up easily b/c they have the learning tools to do so.  Overall it doesn't make a difference, but going into K, they often do not have sight words memorized but they are still very much qualified.[/quote]

So, then if kids do not need to know it, why not start K. on time.  Why hold back over a month if they don't need any academic starting skills as according to you it makes no difference.  It helps to have kids ready for school.  It may not matter in the long run but it makes the transition to K. much easier.[/quote]

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