My assistant and I have 2 classes between us. The all-day bunch are 3's and younger 4's. The other is older 4's and young 5's, who go to Head Start and pre-K, and come between 2 and 3 pm. In the summer they're all there all day.
On Monday, we will have a 5.5 year-old starting with our all day group. An advanced 5-year-old at that, who can read, speaks other languages, etc (according to her mom). She'll start kindergarten in the fall, at which point she'll be six.
She is a full year older than the current oldest child in the class, and 2.5 years older than the youngest. We do have a curriculum, and our guys do well with it, but it wouldn't be age-appropriate for her. Also I have no plans to change my curriculum, and I dont want her accidentally discourage my other kids by knowing all the answers and being already able to do everything. It's just that the classroom, the toys, the size of the toilets...are all geared toward younger kids.
My director and her mom said she could be a "helper", and I told them that in the afternoons and summer she'd be with the 4's and 5's. But I sense a lot of boredom in her future...what I can do to help?
On Monday, we will have a 5.5 year-old starting with our all day group. An advanced 5-year-old at that, who can read, speaks other languages, etc (according to her mom). She'll start kindergarten in the fall, at which point she'll be six.
She is a full year older than the current oldest child in the class, and 2.5 years older than the youngest. We do have a curriculum, and our guys do well with it, but it wouldn't be age-appropriate for her. Also I have no plans to change my curriculum, and I dont want her accidentally discourage my other kids by knowing all the answers and being already able to do everything. It's just that the classroom, the toys, the size of the toilets...are all geared toward younger kids.
My director and her mom said she could be a "helper", and I told them that in the afternoons and summer she'd be with the 4's and 5's. But I sense a lot of boredom in her future...what I can do to help?
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