3 Yr Old Kindergarten - The Beginning Of The End!

[LK5kids]

our school district does some 3 and 4 year old programs but it is based on need for delayed or special education kids, basically early intervention only. a typical kid will not qualify. a low income kid can get daycare assistance but will be placed at local preschools or daycares.

are they actually advertising this as kinder for 3 year olds? or as a preschool program?

It is called 3k in my state.....to ready kids for 4k! It is basically a preschool program as is 4k.

[Bookworm]

our school district does some 3 and 4 year old programs but it is based on need for delayed or special education kids, basically early intervention only. a typical kid will not qualify. a low income kid can get daycare assistance but will be placed at local preschools or daycares.

are they actually advertising this as kinder for 3 year olds? or as a preschool program?

Same here. We actually recommend this to certain parents (just the ones who ask for help when they notice a delay of some sort). They even offer aftercare for over half off of what we charge. We look at it as a good thing.

[Michael]

While we have to work for our money the government can print all it wants. Free dom

Pretty soon we are all going to be on the government dole.

[Michelle]

So we are good enough to take care of infants, potty train them, teach them not to bite, pinch, hit, ...train them to have respect for adults, and to socialize them, be we are not good enough to teach them their colors, letters, and numbers?
Yea, these 3-4 year olds will be much better off in a group of 20-35 other kids and 2 teachers!
Every single one of my kids that I sent to Kinder could read and can do simple first grade math .. but yea an institution is so much better...
after all it's "real" school.. right?

[LK5kids]

So we are good enough to take care of infants, potty train them, teach them not to bite, pinch, hit, ...train them to have respect for adults, and to socialize them, be we are not good enough to teach them their colors, letters, and numbers?
Yea, these 3-4 year olds will be much better off in a group of 20-35 other kids and 2 teachers!
Every single one of my kids that I sent to Kinder was reading and can do simple first grade math .. but yea an institution is so much better...
after all it's "real" school.. right?

Yes.....ho hum, I am bummed!

[Breezy]

I'm assuming they are only offering thing program to potty trained children?

[Michelle]

In all of my years of offering my preschool program.. I only lost one child to "real" school. The mother was friends with the director and he was a young 4 year old.
He was already reading 3 letter words ( cat dog, mat sit...etc) and we were working on sight words and just starting to learn about long vowels and word blends then she pulled him all excited saying he's going to "real school"

So, I see him 6 months later... I agreed to watch him for one week ( school was closed because of budget cuts) and he barely remembered what I taught him. I asked him what he did at school and he said we are learning our colors, walking in line, eat hot dogs and pizza and we paint. I said "what about reading? " he said that only the teachers read.
This was a child development center close to where I live. I found out that they do not introduce numbers or letters until 4 and a half- 5 years old. Our local kindergarten assigns book reports in the first quarter of homework... so how are these kids going to be ready?

So, anyways... just let the parent know what your policy is on coming back and that you may not have the room if they change their mind.
I totally agree with the fact that some kids would benefit from early preschool ... especially autistic kids and very low income families that don't have daycares that offers school .. but 3 years old is pretty young to be in a public school all day. :confused:

I feel your pain!

[grandmom]

What state is offering free 3 yo preschool? Seriously?