So my son has a late august b-day. SO I know I want to wait until he turns 6 to start kindergarten but what I can't decide is if i should still start preschool when he is 4 and then he would have to repeat the same preschool when he is 5. or if i should just wait until he is 5 to start preschool? what have you ladies done... any thoughts opinions... insight would be great! thanks ladies.. my son will be 3 this yaer so I have a little bit to figure it out but i'm one who likes to have things figured out in advanced lol.
EDIT: I live in a very small town, surrounded by a whole lot of small towns. The only preschool option is thru the school. So it would be 4 1/2 days and it would be the same agenda each year. So he would literally be repeating the same year over. :)
I live in a small town we only have a preschool year. so he would be repeating the same year over.
Quoting steelcrazy:
My boys did this as well. They both have fall birthdays and turned 4 shortly after starting the 3 year old class, and turned 5 shortly after starting the 4 year old class. Then turned 6 shortly after starting kindergarten. That is what I would recommend doing.
Quoting ClassyMom619:
Both of my children did 3 & 4 year pre-k so they had 2 years of school already by the time kindergarten started at 5.
I live in a small town. He would be doing the same year over. I wish they did osmeting different for ages but probably because of the lack of students they dont. THey go 4 half days a week :).
Quoting Chymerra:
Same here. And it wasn't like I had them in school 5 days a week, 9-3. They went 2 days a week, 3 hours (for 3 year old) and 3 days a week, 4 1/2 hours (for 4 years old).
Quoting ClassyMom619:
Both of my children did 3 & 4 year pre-k so they had 2 years of school already by the time kindergarten started at 5.
My ODD is a late summer birthday and only did 1year of peek. We delayed enrollment and she went as a 5 year old then started K at 6.
Is their a different pre-school that he could attend so it is not like he is being held back when you do two year? Some places have 2 or 3 days a week instead of everyday for the younger kids.
my DD went to pre-K at 4. She's now in K, turns 6 next month and goes to 1st grade in the Fall. her school is an early childhood school (preschool - 1st) and they attend school year-round with four long breaks.
I liked her doing pre-K at 4. She was ready for school and loooved it. She's now advanced compared to the national average of her grade level so she has no problem keeping up at her age. More importantly she learned to work with others, and form relationships with classmates and teachers :) She's grown in a lot of ways :)
no not that i know of... i live in a small town surrounded by small towns lol.
Quoting MB13:
Is their a different pre-school that he could attend so it is not like he is being held back when you do two year? Some places have 2 or 3 days a week instead of everyday for the younger kids.
There are a lot of kids that do headstart and then preK before K. From what I have seen the ones that go earlier seem to do better. However I would see if there is a part time option when he is 4. That way he gets a taste of school but its not as long of a day. My son's birthday is in Jan so he started K when he was 5 and he didn't do preschool. He DID do a learning daycare where he learned much of what they learn in preK but he struggled a lot in K. I really wish I had found a way to make pre-K happen.
If it's the same material i would just wait but start working on things like handwriting, colors, shapes, alphabet and numbers. That way anything he has trouble with will be readdressed in school.
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- ilovemykids323
on Apr. 28, 2012 at 6:52 PM