Thread: PreSchool/Kindergarten...help me!

Originally Posted by MrsRiggert

I totally agree that if Lexi were a boy I wouldn't be asking this question, I would definately wait a year to send her. I'm thinking I may just send her to 3 year old pre-school and see how she does. The teacher is worried about her having 3 years of pre-school if she doesn't start kindergarten at age 5. I guess I can just send her and if it doesn't work out pull her out and then we'll know that she needs to wait until she's 6. AHHH...why does this have to be so hard??

I hear ya! Good luck in your decision!

I started Kindergarten at the age of 4. i turned 5 the first week lol. Sept 5th bday! I dont think i ever lacked academically or socially. I plan on sending Syd when she is 5 and i believe she will do great. I Feel that she is already very advanced for her age and i think she would suffer more from being held back. You could always send Lexi to preschool this year and if you dont think shes ready for kindy when shes 5 she could always do another year of preschool???

this is a great question and one that i wonder about, too. my boys were born a week BEFORE the cut-off, however, they were a month early, so technically, they would be a month into the cut-off date...

we are, however, starting prek-3 this fall, a week after they turn 3. i know that they will be the youngest, skinniest kids there, but i know that they are ready for preschool. my pediatrician told me that he has never met a parent who regreted holding a child back but has met many parent that regret not waiting a year for kindergarden. he suggested that we have the boys enrolled at 3 and possible repeat pre-k3 again, when they turn 4. this will give my boys a chance to mature more and not be the smallest...and then go on with prek-4 and kindergarden. the boys, at this young age, will not know that they are "repeating" a class.

as a mom, i can see how my boys would benefit an extra year in terms of maturity. however, i worry at times that they will get bored. they know everything that a child knows at this age, except that they know it in 2 languages already. although, english is not their stronger language so i guess the extra year will not hurt?

it's a tough one for sure...especially since girls are typically more mature and ready...if i were in your shoes, i would send her to the pre-k3 program and then evaluate...

confusing and long but hope this helps a little?

Originally Posted by RobinBG

Drew sounds alot like Stephen!!! He was misbehaving so badly in May in the older Toddler room. We were embarrassed!!! LOL He is totally fine now in the preschool room.

Ha! This is funny b/c they are so similar- we had the same situation! He was misbehaving at his back-up daycare in the toddler room and when they switched him to preschool room, everything was great! So, even though he is a boy, we are planning on sending him when he is 5 unless he really doesn't seem ready at that time.

Originally Posted by 1stbabyboy

Ha! This is funny b/c they are so similar- we had the same situation! He was misbehaving at his back-up daycare in the toddler room and when they switched him to preschool room, everything was great! So, even though he is a boy, we are planning on sending him when he is 5 unless he really doesn't seem ready at that time.

LOL they sound like long lost twins!!!!

From the things I read about Lexi, she sounds really mature for her age to me. Also I think she is on the taller side, like Sophia. I am definitely going to send Sophia to Kindergarden at 5 years old, because she basically looks and acts a whole year older than she is...I picture Lexi being the same way from what I know of her.

I started Kindergarten at 5 and skipped 2nd grade, so I was always the youngest. The only disadvantage to me was being the last one to drive in high school! I actually liked being the youngest