We're going to try and do virtual kindergarten. We might joim a learning bhibbwith KidsCo.

My husband and I do not have the schedule flexibility to do homeschooling. Our jobs are very meeting heavy

Anonymous wrote:We will do 90 minutes of zoom a day. We have a tutor (shared with gr 2 sister) for ten hours a week. He is privileged enough that it will be fine with those circumstances - K was too academic anyway.

Privates can’t guarantee they will be open, and they are against my values anyway.

So a private tutor fits “your values” but private school teachers, shared among students at a private school do not? Do tell..

I assume you must have engaged this tutor for the long haul and public schools are the worst anathema yet. Let’s not even talk about commercial flights, private only for “your values” too, right?

If only I were so valuable..

I'm not that happy about it but we'll just do our best. By which i mean give it a good faith effort, recognize that a 5 year old will not focus on the screen, and pull back to the minimum if its awful. I know it's developmentally inappropriate so I just hope teachers are understanding, flexible, and positive - 5.5-6.5 hours for a virtual school day is crazy and I half expect them to quietly scale it back after a month.

We practice reading every day and math regularly, I'm less worried about my kid not being ready for first grade and more worried about his emotional health and relationship to school.

Anonymous wrote:We went private. My child is too old to hold back next year. Already started in person. It’s been fantastic. Comes home so happy and proud.

OP here. Do they have playground time? If so are they in masks and spaced out or allowed to just play as normal on playground? Just trying to get an idea of what the k kids are doing at privates in terms of that stuff.

Anonymous wrote:I have a first grader. I’m not ok with it, but I don’t think it’s safe to be in person. If he was going into K, I would hold him a year and see if next year is better.

OP here. My DS is a June bday but I just dont want to hold him back. He has an older brother he loves to keep up with and has never had a developmental reason for me to hold him. I dont know that Covid should be the reason, but also bummed that this is his K year.

We went private. My child is too old to hold back next year. Already started in person. It’s been fantastic. Comes home so happy and proud.

Anonymous wrote:Mine is doing a new K class being formed at a daycare / preschool near us. My values are - I gotta do what I gotta do to have childcare to work and I don’t see how this is more privileged than hiring a tutor fwiw.

OP here- yes this is what I meant when I said private. Like a private preschool that has K classes.

Anonymous wrote:Mine is doing a new K class being formed at a daycare / preschool near us. My values are - I gotta do what I gotta do to have childcare to work and I don’t see how this is more privileged than hiring a tutor fwiw.

Maybe the pp you are referring to didn't mean it in terms of $$? When I first read the first thing that crossed my mind is that the type of private I could theoretically afford are catholic schools and the similar - but they get a religious education too and that is against my values. I thought she was referring to that, but I guess it can also mean the whole money/social issue?

Mine is doing a new K class being formed at a daycare / preschool near us. My values are - I gotta do what I gotta do to have childcare to work and I don’t see how this is more privileged than hiring a tutor fwiw.

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Anonymous wrote:We decided to homeschool our rising Kindergarten DD.

APS schedule would be from 9 am to 2.20 pm on zoom -- no thanks.

Nope. Not on zoom.

PP. I stand corrected, it's MS teams. Still -- no thanks.

Anonymous wrote:We decided to homeschool our rising Kindergarten DD.

APS schedule would be from 9 am to 2.20 pm on zoom -- no thanks.

Nope. Not on zoom.

I have a first grader. I’m not ok with it, but I don’t think it’s safe to be in person. If he was going into K, I would hold him a year and see if next year is better.

We decided to homeschool our rising Kindergarten DD.

APS schedule would be from 9 am to 2.20 pm on zoom -- no thanks.

We will do 90 minutes of zoom a day. We have a tutor (shared with gr 2 sister) for ten hours a week. He is privileged enough that it will be fine with those circumstances - K was too academic anyway.

Privates can’t guarantee they will be open, and they are against my values anyway.

How are you all feeling about your kids K year being virtual? Its obviously not developmentally appropriate. Are you all just going with it or looking into any open private schools that have K classes? Will you be ok sending your kid to first grade after Kindergarten being virtual?