Ryan and I had a conference with Kaylee's wonderful teachers this morning. Of course, the main topic of conversation was "What do we do with Kaylee next year?" Ryan brought up kindergarten, which honestly surprised me a little bit. In my mind, I had already decided that kindergarten next year was out of the question. We received lots of great advice on the subject and in a nutshell we were told that Kaylee would do wonderfully whatever we decided. She is definitely intellectually ready for kindergarten...but is she ready socially/emotionally? And what effects will being the youngest kid in the class have on her in the long run (especially around the early teen years/puberty/driving/etc)? I really, truly want to be entirely selfish and keep her home with me for another year, but I also want to do what is best for her.
We do have a little bit of experience having one of the younger children in a grade. Alexis having a birthday in July makes her one of the youngest kids in her class. But her maturity surpasses a lot of her older classmates. And even being in the higher abilities class she is acing all of her subjects. Her only struggle in school is math and mostly just her math fact time tests. But this really comes as no surprise to me since I have known for the LONGEST time that she is a slow thinker. Not that she's slow in any way, she just has supremely deep thoughts and her gears are turning all the time; which I'm sure is very distracting when you are supposed to be completing math problems quickly.
So back to Kaylee...will she be fine if we start her in kindergarten next year? Definitely. Will she be just as fine if we waited another year? Again...definitely. So, what to do....feel free to weigh in...
2 comments:
Gracie was in Pre-k and I think it helped transition her into Kindergarten. We were not even going to do it at first but I'm glad we did. I think Kaylee would do well. That's something you have to feel is right though. Good luck with your decision! Sounds like you have 2 very smart little girls on your hands.
so very hard to know what to do.... i was one of the youngest in my class, and i don't think it hurt me at all... good luck in your decision!
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