The Kindergarten Conundrum

tammykrumrey · Jul 25, 2008

We had some issues kind on these lines as well. Hannah (and Kayla) went to a Montessori school for pre K and K. And Montessori schools tend to be very advanced. (Kayla was writing in nothing but cursive in 1st grade and well advanced in her reading skills, thanks to the Montessori school. She had a difficult time remembering to write in print when she moved schools b/c those kids in the new school hadn't learned cursive yet<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">)

We decided to move them to a Lutheran private school, and although they were a little advanced over the public school, some things were not even close to the Montessori school. And Hannah, b/c of the new schools age breaks, was only to be starting Kindergarten (although she had already been there/done that). I struggled as to go ahead and put her in first grade, or keep her in kindergarten where the 'calendar' said she should be.

We kept her in kindergarten ONLY because I didn't want her to be the youngest in the class. Growing up, I remember some of my friends hating to be the youngest in the class.
(I was the oldest)

Needless to say, Hannah was bored throughout kindergarten and first grade. She thought things were so 'babyish'. But, finally, last year, in second grade, things started to get more challenging for her and things are just fine.
She still scores higher on many things for her age, but I am very happy that I kept her back in kindergarten. No reason to make her grow up any faster<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> She is my 'baby' after all<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

tammykrumrey · Jul 25, 2008

We had some issues kind on these lines as well. Hannah (and Kayla) went to a Montessori school for pre K and K. And Montessori schools tend to be very advanced. (Kayla was writing in nothing but cursive in 1st grade and well advanced in her reading skills, thanks to the Montessori school. She had a difficult time remembering to write in print when she moved schools b/c those kids in the new school hadn't learned cursive yet<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">)

We decided to move them to a Lutheran private school, and although they were a little advanced over the public school, some things were not even close to the Montessori school. And Hannah, b/c of the new schools age breaks, was only to be starting Kindergarten (although she had already been there/done that). I struggled as to go ahead and put her in first grade, or keep her in kindergarten where the 'calendar' said she should be.

We kept her in kindergarten ONLY because I didn't want her to be the youngest in the class. Growing up, I remember some of my friends hating to be the youngest in the class.
(I was the oldest)

Needless to say, Hannah was bored throughout kindergarten and first grade. She thought things were so 'babyish'. But, finally, last year, in second grade, things started to get more challenging for her and things are just fine.
She still scores higher on many things for her age, but I am very happy that I kept her back in kindergarten. No reason to make her grow up any faster<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> She is my 'baby' after all<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

tammykrumrey · Jul 25, 2008

We had some issues kind on these lines as well. Hannah (and Kayla) went to a Montessori school for pre K and K. And Montessori schools tend to be very advanced. (Kayla was writing in nothing but cursive in 1st grade and well advanced in her reading skills, thanks to the Montessori school. She had a difficult time remembering to write in print when she moved schools b/c those kids in the new school hadn't learned cursive yet<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">)

We decided to move them to a Lutheran private school, and although they were a little advanced over the public school, some things were not even close to the Montessori school. And Hannah, b/c of the new schools age breaks, was only to be starting Kindergarten (although she had already been there/done that). I struggled as to go ahead and put her in first grade, or keep her in kindergarten where the 'calendar' said she should be.

We kept her in kindergarten ONLY because I didn't want her to be the youngest in the class. Growing up, I remember some of my friends hating to be the youngest in the class.
(I was the oldest)

Needless to say, Hannah was bored throughout kindergarten and first grade. She thought things were so 'babyish'. But, finally, last year, in second grade, things started to get more challenging for her and things are just fine.
She still scores higher on many things for her age, but I am very happy that I kept her back in kindergarten. No reason to make her grow up any faster<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> She is my 'baby' after all<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

tammykrumrey · Jul 25, 2008

We had some issues kind on these lines as well. Hannah (and Kayla) went to a Montessori school for pre K and K. And Montessori schools tend to be very advanced. (Kayla was writing in nothing but cursive in 1st grade and well advanced in her reading skills, thanks to the Montessori school. She had a difficult time remembering to write in print when she moved schools b/c those kids in the new school hadn't learned cursive yet<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">)

We decided to move them to a Lutheran private school, and although they were a little advanced over the public school, some things were not even close to the Montessori school. And Hannah, b/c of the new schools age breaks, was only to be starting Kindergarten (although she had already been there/done that). I struggled as to go ahead and put her in first grade, or keep her in kindergarten where the 'calendar' said she should be.

We kept her in kindergarten ONLY because I didn't want her to be the youngest in the class. Growing up, I remember some of my friends hating to be the youngest in the class.
(I was the oldest)

Needless to say, Hannah was bored throughout kindergarten and first grade. She thought things were so 'babyish'. But, finally, last year, in second grade, things started to get more challenging for her and things are just fine.
She still scores higher on many things for her age, but I am very happy that I kept her back in kindergarten. No reason to make her grow up any faster<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> She is my 'baby' after all<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

tammykrumrey · Jul 25, 2008

We had some issues kind on these lines as well. Hannah (and Kayla) went to a Montessori school for pre K and K. And Montessori schools tend to be very advanced. (Kayla was writing in nothing but cursive in 1st grade and well advanced in her reading skills, thanks to the Montessori school. She had a difficult time remembering to write in print when she moved schools b/c those kids in the new school hadn't learned cursive yet<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">)
 
 We decided to move them to a Lutheran private school, and although they were a little advanced over the public school, some things were not even close to the Montessori school. And Hannah, b/c of the new schools age breaks, was only to be starting Kindergarten (although she had already been there/done that). I struggled as to go ahead and put her in first grade, or keep her in kindergarten where the 'calendar' said she should be.
 
 We kept her in kindergarten ONLY because I didn't want her to be the youngest in the class. Growing up, I remember some of my friends hating to be the youngest in the class.
 (I was the oldest)
 
 Needless to say, Hannah was bored throughout kindergarten and first grade. She thought things were so 'babyish'. But, finally, last year, in second grade, things started to get more challenging for her and things are just fine.
 She still scores higher on many things for her age, but I am very happy that I kept her back in kindergarten. No reason to make her grow up any faster<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> She is my 'baby' after all<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

shea14 · Jul 26, 2008

I have been told that boys are encouraged to wait a year to go kindergarten due to readiness. I am having concerns this year about kindergarten myself, and going for full days is a big part of that. AJ gets tired easily and requires naps still. But the social worker at our clinic said if we find we need to we can do partial days. AJ is very smart and we can catch up on work at home. We live in Texas and they have homebound schooling here so if (once first grade starts) he goes for a certain amount of hours they will send a teacher to our home a couple hours a week to make sure he doesn't fall behind. Maybe they have something like that where you live. And he can still participate in all the field trips and assemblys.

shea14 · Jul 26, 2008

I have been told that boys are encouraged to wait a year to go kindergarten due to readiness. I am having concerns this year about kindergarten myself, and going for full days is a big part of that. AJ gets tired easily and requires naps still. But the social worker at our clinic said if we find we need to we can do partial days. AJ is very smart and we can catch up on work at home. We live in Texas and they have homebound schooling here so if (once first grade starts) he goes for a certain amount of hours they will send a teacher to our home a couple hours a week to make sure he doesn't fall behind. Maybe they have something like that where you live. And he can still participate in all the field trips and assemblys.

shea14 · Jul 26, 2008

I have been told that boys are encouraged to wait a year to go kindergarten due to readiness. I am having concerns this year about kindergarten myself, and going for full days is a big part of that. AJ gets tired easily and requires naps still. But the social worker at our clinic said if we find we need to we can do partial days. AJ is very smart and we can catch up on work at home. We live in Texas and they have homebound schooling here so if (once first grade starts) he goes for a certain amount of hours they will send a teacher to our home a couple hours a week to make sure he doesn't fall behind. Maybe they have something like that where you live. And he can still participate in all the field trips and assemblys.

shea14 · Jul 26, 2008

I have been told that boys are encouraged to wait a year to go kindergarten due to readiness. I am having concerns this year about kindergarten myself, and going for full days is a big part of that. AJ gets tired easily and requires naps still. But the social worker at our clinic said if we find we need to we can do partial days. AJ is very smart and we can catch up on work at home. We live in Texas and they have homebound schooling here so if (once first grade starts) he goes for a certain amount of hours they will send a teacher to our home a couple hours a week to make sure he doesn't fall behind. Maybe they have something like that where you live. And he can still participate in all the field trips and assemblys.

shea14 · Jul 26, 2008

I have been told that boys are encouraged to wait a year to go kindergarten due to readiness. I am having concerns this year about kindergarten myself, and going for full days is a big part of that. AJ gets tired easily and requires naps still. But the social worker at our clinic said if we find we need to we can do partial days. AJ is very smart and we can catch up on work at home. We live in Texas and they have homebound schooling here so if (once first grade starts) he goes for a certain amount of hours they will send a teacher to our home a couple hours a week to make sure he doesn't fall behind. Maybe they have something like that where you live. And he can still participate in all the field trips and assemblys.

CFMomToT · Jul 26, 2008

Both of my girls have June b-days. My CF daughter started school when she was 5 and so will my 5 year old without CF, but both were/are more than ready. When I was growing up (I also have a June b-day), I started school at age 5, but my cousin who is a boy and very close in age to me waited a year because my aunt felt that boys usually aren't quite ready when girls are. It turned out to be a very good decision on their part. I also have friends who have boys with out CF that wait a year just because of the fact that they are boys. Not sure if this helped at all, but I wish you the best of luck!

Also, the eating issue must be hard to deal with. I am lucky that my daughter is a pretty good eater, but I have other friends with kids with CF and they have a hard time making the school realize that eating is such a vital part of CF. It is hard to find people who will spend that much time with your child to make sure they will eat what they are suppose to.

Again, best of luck!

CFMomToT · Jul 26, 2008

Both of my girls have June b-days. My CF daughter started school when she was 5 and so will my 5 year old without CF, but both were/are more than ready. When I was growing up (I also have a June b-day), I started school at age 5, but my cousin who is a boy and very close in age to me waited a year because my aunt felt that boys usually aren't quite ready when girls are. It turned out to be a very good decision on their part. I also have friends who have boys with out CF that wait a year just because of the fact that they are boys. Not sure if this helped at all, but I wish you the best of luck!

Also, the eating issue must be hard to deal with. I am lucky that my daughter is a pretty good eater, but I have other friends with kids with CF and they have a hard time making the school realize that eating is such a vital part of CF. It is hard to find people who will spend that much time with your child to make sure they will eat what they are suppose to.

Again, best of luck!

CFMomToT · Jul 26, 2008

Both of my girls have June b-days. My CF daughter started school when she was 5 and so will my 5 year old without CF, but both were/are more than ready. When I was growing up (I also have a June b-day), I started school at age 5, but my cousin who is a boy and very close in age to me waited a year because my aunt felt that boys usually aren't quite ready when girls are. It turned out to be a very good decision on their part. I also have friends who have boys with out CF that wait a year just because of the fact that they are boys. Not sure if this helped at all, but I wish you the best of luck!

Also, the eating issue must be hard to deal with. I am lucky that my daughter is a pretty good eater, but I have other friends with kids with CF and they have a hard time making the school realize that eating is such a vital part of CF. It is hard to find people who will spend that much time with your child to make sure they will eat what they are suppose to.

Again, best of luck!

CFMomToT · Jul 26, 2008

Both of my girls have June b-days. My CF daughter started school when she was 5 and so will my 5 year old without CF, but both were/are more than ready. When I was growing up (I also have a June b-day), I started school at age 5, but my cousin who is a boy and very close in age to me waited a year because my aunt felt that boys usually aren't quite ready when girls are. It turned out to be a very good decision on their part. I also have friends who have boys with out CF that wait a year just because of the fact that they are boys. Not sure if this helped at all, but I wish you the best of luck!

Also, the eating issue must be hard to deal with. I am lucky that my daughter is a pretty good eater, but I have other friends with kids with CF and they have a hard time making the school realize that eating is such a vital part of CF. It is hard to find people who will spend that much time with your child to make sure they will eat what they are suppose to.

Again, best of luck!

CFMomToT · Jul 26, 2008

Both of my girls have June b-days. My CF daughter started school when she was 5 and so will my 5 year old without CF, but both were/are more than ready. When I was growing up (I also have a June b-day), I started school at age 5, but my cousin who is a boy and very close in age to me waited a year because my aunt felt that boys usually aren't quite ready when girls are. It turned out to be a very good decision on their part. I also have friends who have boys with out CF that wait a year just because of the fact that they are boys. Not sure if this helped at all, but I wish you the best of luck!

Also, the eating issue must be hard to deal with. I am lucky that my daughter is a pretty good eater, but I have other friends with kids with CF and they have a hard time making the school realize that eating is such a vital part of CF. It is hard to find people who will spend that much time with your child to make sure they will eat what they are suppose to.

Again, best of luck!

Evansmom · Jul 26, 2008

My son w/cf has a late August birthday and he could have started K but we decided to keep him in preschool one more year. CF was a factor in our decision, but not as big as that I have taught 6th grade for 8 years. I wanted him to be more mature when he was faced with the transition into Jr. High. I decided I wanted an "older" jr. high student rather than the youngest in his class. He was very ready for K at 5, but at 6 he was a leader. He will now enter 1st grade in the fall as one of the older students, but it has worked out very well. I work at the school he attends, so we were able to work closely with his teacher on the enzymes etc. She kept a container at her desk and he went and got his own at snack time and before lunch. I don't know that he would have been as independent the year before. We do not have a 504 plan, but we have a health plan. He is very healthy and missed very little school. We also have a form with the nurse that he can carry his own enzymes.

The kindergarten readiness is a personal issue, but I wanted to share our experience. I have absolutely NO regrets in waiting to send him. They grow up so fast!

Mom to Evan age 6 w/cf

Evansmom · Jul 26, 2008

My son w/cf has a late August birthday and he could have started K but we decided to keep him in preschool one more year. CF was a factor in our decision, but not as big as that I have taught 6th grade for 8 years. I wanted him to be more mature when he was faced with the transition into Jr. High. I decided I wanted an "older" jr. high student rather than the youngest in his class. He was very ready for K at 5, but at 6 he was a leader. He will now enter 1st grade in the fall as one of the older students, but it has worked out very well. I work at the school he attends, so we were able to work closely with his teacher on the enzymes etc. She kept a container at her desk and he went and got his own at snack time and before lunch. I don't know that he would have been as independent the year before. We do not have a 504 plan, but we have a health plan. He is very healthy and missed very little school. We also have a form with the nurse that he can carry his own enzymes.

The kindergarten readiness is a personal issue, but I wanted to share our experience. I have absolutely NO regrets in waiting to send him. They grow up so fast!

Mom to Evan age 6 w/cf

Evansmom · Jul 26, 2008

My son w/cf has a late August birthday and he could have started K but we decided to keep him in preschool one more year. CF was a factor in our decision, but not as big as that I have taught 6th grade for 8 years. I wanted him to be more mature when he was faced with the transition into Jr. High. I decided I wanted an "older" jr. high student rather than the youngest in his class. He was very ready for K at 5, but at 6 he was a leader. He will now enter 1st grade in the fall as one of the older students, but it has worked out very well. I work at the school he attends, so we were able to work closely with his teacher on the enzymes etc. She kept a container at her desk and he went and got his own at snack time and before lunch. I don't know that he would have been as independent the year before. We do not have a 504 plan, but we have a health plan. He is very healthy and missed very little school. We also have a form with the nurse that he can carry his own enzymes.

The kindergarten readiness is a personal issue, but I wanted to share our experience. I have absolutely NO regrets in waiting to send him. They grow up so fast!

Mom to Evan age 6 w/cf

Evansmom · Jul 26, 2008

My son w/cf has a late August birthday and he could have started K but we decided to keep him in preschool one more year. CF was a factor in our decision, but not as big as that I have taught 6th grade for 8 years. I wanted him to be more mature when he was faced with the transition into Jr. High. I decided I wanted an "older" jr. high student rather than the youngest in his class. He was very ready for K at 5, but at 6 he was a leader. He will now enter 1st grade in the fall as one of the older students, but it has worked out very well. I work at the school he attends, so we were able to work closely with his teacher on the enzymes etc. She kept a container at her desk and he went and got his own at snack time and before lunch. I don't know that he would have been as independent the year before. We do not have a 504 plan, but we have a health plan. He is very healthy and missed very little school. We also have a form with the nurse that he can carry his own enzymes.

The kindergarten readiness is a personal issue, but I wanted to share our experience. I have absolutely NO regrets in waiting to send him. They grow up so fast!

Mom to Evan age 6 w/cf

Evansmom · Jul 26, 2008

My son w/cf has a late August birthday and he could have started K but we decided to keep him in preschool one more year. CF was a factor in our decision, but not as big as that I have taught 6th grade for 8 years. I wanted him to be more mature when he was faced with the transition into Jr. High. I decided I wanted an "older" jr. high student rather than the youngest in his class. He was very ready for K at 5, but at 6 he was a leader. He will now enter 1st grade in the fall as one of the older students, but it has worked out very well. I work at the school he attends, so we were able to work closely with his teacher on the enzymes etc. She kept a container at her desk and he went and got his own at snack time and before lunch. I don't know that he would have been as independent the year before. We do not have a 504 plan, but we have a health plan. He is very healthy and missed very little school. We also have a form with the nurse that he can carry his own enzymes.
 
 The kindergarten readiness is a personal issue, but I wanted to share our experience. I have absolutely NO regrets in waiting to send him. They grow up so fast!
 
 Mom to Evan age 6 w/cf

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