Two Years of PreK

[scarlett09]

DD, who will be 4 in December, is moving into the Prekindergarten room at her daycare. There are two rooms, both of which have the same age group and do roughly the same thing. DD won’t go to Kindy until closer to her 6th birthday, so in two years time. Since there is no movement between rooms, I am concerned that she is going to stagnate and become bored during year two. If they talk about colors, particular letters, fall and snakes every September, will she remember this time next year and be bored? I don’t yet know if the teacher mixes things up for kids who are staying another year.

I can’t send her to Kindy early in our school district - she would be incredibly young and she misses the 10/1 cutoff. DD is bright and has the makings of a “good student,” but can be a little emotional and needs emotional support from her teachers.

I could send her to a second year of pre-K or Kindy at another private school, before the Kindy year in district. But that might mean more $$, and they would have to have some flexible before and after school hours. Her current daycare goes until 630pm, which I need since I work 45 minutes away and get done at 5pm.


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Talk with the teachers. This has to be an issue they’ve had before. Often they have a couple year loop where they teach different themes, etc.

Dd6 was in a similar position academically and her preK teacher was like...I just always make sure there’s enough for C and [another little girl who was also older/more academically inclined] to do. Or they get into trouble.” They know how to handle it.


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[alotofyarn]

That's tough! E is going to end up doing 2 years of kindergarten, but it will be at different schools, so I'm hoping it won't be a big deal. Mostly though I've just decided to go with it this year, and I'll start worrying about next year when it gets closer.

[SoonerTexan]

Maybe ask what they have done in similar situations in the past? She cant be the first one.

That being said, I doubt it will be that big of a deal. I bet they can do things to keep her occupied if she is more capable than other children in her class. It's pretty common to have a very wide range of ability in one class in this age group (kids who don't know the alphabet all the way to kids that can read)

In general, I wouldn't get too hung up on the labels. They might call different levels different things, but in most cases I don't believe it is usually a substitute for "actual" Kindergarten, unless you are in a private K-12 school. It's just different flavors of Pre-K.