Anonymous wrote:I was in a similar situation with a late Sept boy who wasn't ready for K. We chose to do 2 years of PreK instead of 2 years of K. I feel like Pre-K is the year that they learn the most in. There's physical activity, arts and crafts and a lot of social work. K is more just academic work and sitting still. You know how they say "everything you needed to know in life you learned in Kindergarten"? Well it's really prek now as Kindergarten is now academic and less focused on sharing, hand skills and such. I really, really think play based is important and 3+ hours outside a day versus the 30 min in elementary school.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think doing all three years in Montessori and then starting at your local public in K sounds like a fantastic plan.
He'll get the benefit of being the oldest in his Primary room for a year and all the "big kid" things he'll get in that montessori classroom, and then still get the regular intro to public school as a Kindergarten kid.
Would you be concerned about the fact that he will only have 2 peers his age (the other 15 kids will be 3-4 years old)? Or that he will not be exposed to teacher-led learning?
The play-based pre-K we are considering is a big feeder school to the local elementary school too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think doing all three years in Montessori and then starting at your local public in K sounds like a fantastic plan.
He'll get the benefit of being the oldest in his Primary room for a year and all the "big kid" things he'll get in that montessori classroom, and then still get the regular intro to public school as a Kindergarten kid.
Would you be concerned about the fact that he will only have 2 peers his age (the other 15 kids will be 3-4 years old)? Or that he will not be exposed to teacher-led learning?
The play-based pre-K we are considering is a big feeder school to the local elementary school too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think doing all three years in Montessori and then starting at your local public in K sounds like a fantastic plan.
He'll get the benefit of being the oldest in his Primary room for a year and all the "big kid" things he'll get in that montessori classroom, and then still get the regular intro to public school as a Kindergarten kid.
I wouldn’t switch schools twice in two years unless you’re unhappy with the Montessori school now.
Would you be concerned about the fact that he will only have 2 peers his age (the other 15 kids will be 3-4 years old)? Or that he will not be exposed to teacher-led learning?
The play-based pre-K we are considering is a big feeder school to the local elementary school too.
Anonymous wrote:I think doing all three years in Montessori and then starting at your local public in K sounds like a fantastic plan.
He'll get the benefit of being the oldest in his Primary room for a year and all the "big kid" things he'll get in that montessori classroom, and then still get the regular intro to public school as a Kindergarten kid.