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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would all this be solved by simply starting K later across the board, like 6? Is this a school readiness issue or a competitive advantage issue?[/quote]

Kindergarten used to be less academic with more playing, music, and focus on SEL over making sure kids learn to read. That's flipped now because of concerns about academics. K is now essentially what 1st was back in the 80s.

I think we just need to respect the developmental stage of the kids. Don't expect 5 yr to olds (and especially not 4 year olds!) to sit at desks doing worksheets all day. Call it Kindergarten or pre-kindergarten, it doesn't matter, but as long as the focus is in play-based learning until 6, it would be more developmentally appropriate.[/quote]

Not around here and ever consider if your child is not ready you failed to prepare them.  K is school.  They go to learn to read, write [b]and more.[/b] [/quote]

That "more" is key, especially in the early years: Does your kid have the social and emotional skills to cope with seven hours in a group setting? [/quote]

Most kids, especially in this area, go to a full day day care or full day preschool by age four.  Yes, of course mine did.  They went to a preschool that had a prek program the fully prepared them and was a 9-3 program.  So, it sounds like if you are questioning it, you didn't prepare your kids well in the choices you made early on.  Mine were also fully reading before K, and that prek program.[/quote]

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