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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the OP and ditto PP-
What is being asked if kids in k is NOT developmentally appropriate. And that keeps being the case as the kids get older. What the curriculum is pushing is not based on what kids can do at the age- ask elementary teachers. If the curriculum and behavior expectations are not deveopmebtally appropriate then I can choose to start my kid a little late. It has nothing to do with you and your child. It isn’t about being competitive. It is about the curriculum and instruction matching what kids need. It is on you making this a competition among kids. I’m simply thinking of my child’s educational experience. [/quote]

People throw around this phrase "developmentally appropriate" as if all kids were as dumb as theirs. There are many many 4 year olds who can read and do math at a 1st grade level. The K standards are fine. If you hold back you kid from starting K because youre afraid he wont be able to learn to read or add, then work on those skills over the summer before K starts. [/quote]

K is just one year of school there are 12 more years to come that other think and plan ahead for. Plus you have no idea what the reasons are people are holding back. Asinine advice that workbooks are the answer.[/quote]

+1 as a teacher it is painful to see that short-sighted response [/quote]

On the internet anyone can be a teacher. :roll:

I have never met a working elementary school teacher who thought redshirting was a good idea. Every elementary school teacher I've talked to has said it was best to start kids on time even if they will be the youngest, simply because older children getting bored is a bigger problem that persists and gets worse.

Only preschool teachers advocate for repeating preschool instead of moving along. Gee, I wonder why?[/quote]

You sound delusional.  This is not correct.[/quote]

[b]Often the push comes from preschool teachers, many of whom didn't prepare the kids well in terms of the basics.[/b]  If your child has SN that you or the preschool didn't catch, the best thing is for them to be in K to get evaluated and support.  Holding them back artificially makes them more mature but that's only because the baseline has moved down, not because your child is doing better or actually more mature.[/quote]

+1 It's also a matter of more money, pure and simple. Preschool directors know how to capitalize on the anxiety of competitive parents and milk them for a whole extra year of tuition. Asking a preschool director if you should redshirt is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.[/quote]

That might make sense, if the preschool didn’t have a waitlist and wasn’t turning people away. [/quote]

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