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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, that was my concern as well.  My two kids went to a play based preschool and my ~130 IQ child was average to late reader and very average at math compared to their counterparts at school.  My other kid with a ~120 IQ (has fine motor issues so score might have been higher) was way behind peers.  Later in the year, I saw several families from the play based school at the center.  Some started their kids the year before schools and others started late like we did after realizing our kids were not keeping up wit their peers.  I'm sure that my kids could naturally catch up but meanwhile they are starting to judge themselves against their peers as being smart or not.  I did not want my kids to think that they aren't as capable as their peers especially since a lot of them are just more prepared.  [/quote]

This is why I am going to look into it for my play-based preschool kid.  I feel it is unfair to throw him to the wolves, e.g., amongst kids that have been going to more academic preschools the past few years. He also has a late spring/early summer bday so will also be on the young side in K.  I want him to like school and not feel such a struggle in K. I was surprised how academic my other son's K year was.  He was at a great Montessori for three years prior so he went in ahead and this was good for his confidence.   A friend of his from our play-based preschool is really struggling (now I first grade) and he is a naturally bright kid!  They teach my current preschool child nothing but random environmental and tree-hugger facts.  Not seasons, not abcs, not numbers, etc.  it is pretty ridiculous.  He does have fun.  If we hadn't moved from the city I definitely would have put him in same preschool that big brother went to.[/quote]

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