My son will turn 5 On August 25th, 2007. The cut-off for him to enter kindergarden is September 1, 2007. Here's the problem....
As a former educator I have always said to keep those summer baby boys home for one more year. They are just not mature enough, especially as they enter middle school years. However, my own son is causing me to reevaluate that belief.
At the age of 3 he knows all his letters, capital and lower case, can count and recognize numbers through 100, knows all his shapes, colors (english and spanish) and phonics. He's already about halfway through kindergarden curriculum at his pre-school and he's not even four and has another year before kindergarden. His current teachers feel he is mature for his age as well, but he is only 3. How mature can a three year old really be? Given his academic achievements, should I hold him back or push him forward? I don't want him to act up in school due to immaturity, but boredom could become a factor as well.
2006-06-27
07:18:44
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tx_monkey_girl
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