Preparing for Kindergarten: The First Years

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Ready for Kindergarten

N.S. asks from Greensboro

My daughter is 4 years old and has a September birthday. She has been going to a preschool for two years now and is in the fours class. I recently had a review with h...

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Homework in Kindergarten

C.B. asks from Raleigh

i have a 6 year old in kindergarten (her birthday is in november) i have been apalled at the amount of homework expected from these children. i don't really believe i...

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Early Enrollment for Kindergarten

K.D. asks from Raleigh

Has anyone enrolled their child early for Kindergarten? My daughter will be 5 Sept. 30th. She is very advanced already for her age, but the cut off for enrolling ch...

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Kindergarten in the Fall or Wait

S. asks from Minneapolis

We are trying to determine whether or not to send our son to kindergarten in the fall or not. He has a summer birthday, so we can really go either way (He'll be 5 t...

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Should I Hold Back on Kindergarten a Year or Not?

P.L. asks from San Diego

My son will be 5 this week and have him set up to start kindergarten in August. I just have been having this nagging feeling like I should not start him this year. Le...

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Early birthday-Pre-k or Kindergarten

K.K. asks from Dallas

Hi, You all were so amazing with my first ever question that I thought I would throw this one out, even though I know there are some very firm opinions about it. Our...

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When to Start Kindergarten? 4.5 Yo, or 5.5 Yo?

K.S. asks from San Francisco

Next year my daughter will be technically old enough to start kindergarten. As a kid, I started school early and didn't do well with that; I have reservations about p...

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Advice for Sending a Late Birthdate to Kindergarten or Not

A. asks from Columbus

I have a 4 year old, whose birthday is just a few days before the cut off date of being able to attend kindergarten this year. Well my concerns aren't with her abili...

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Keeping DD in Kindergarten for Another Year or Not?

J.S. asks from New York

My 5 yr old DD was born in December so in NYC- she is now in Kindergarten bc of the cutoff date; whereas in most other states, she would be in Pre-K since the cutoff ...

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Everyday Kindergarten Versus Every Other Day?

S.B. asks from Canton

Hello Moms, My son is very exited about his start of kindergarten Next week. So are we! He is becoming a "big boy" We signed him up for Every day program just because...