yes they were
Yes, they were behind according to the school district's voluntary kindergarten prescreening sessions - and it's their program, not yours, so they made the call and that's what they said. I believe licensed teachers who've been doing that job for 10+ years over a daycare's opinion anyday.
How do you figure a 3.5 year old not knowing any letters, numbers, colors or shapes and can't write their own name isn't behind for their age? (without any teaching beyond 3.5 on these areas)
Yes, it's possible to catch up in 6 months, because the headstart program is designed just for that, academically speaking, social aside for now. School starts in September and is done in June - that's roughly 9 months - there's been counless numbers of children who were determined by the prescreening to be behind and joined the head start program and were caught up by June in time for Kindergarten. So you're saying that every one of those teachers and their system is wrong? Do you believe headstart is just a scam or something? Then why are states moving to 4K if they don't believe in early academic and social intervention for kindergarten readiness? That's really the whole premise of the 4K program. Headstart is prescreened for at age 3.5 in many school districts and those children deemed to have a mild learning delay in certain areas (mentioned before) or social delays are referred to that program.
These particular parents I was talking about chose not to enroll in the head start program and choose to leave home based daycare and joined a center based daycare instead and all of their kids got caught up and they were thrilled, because they were voluntarily retested the following year to be sure they didn't need the summer session. Their daycares all tried to tell them their kids weren't behind while the school district could have sent their kids to special education because of the severity of learning delays these children had. I personally talked to these parents and they were beside themselves for choosing a "babysitter" versus a center curriculum based daycare with preschool program. Another thing, I've spoken with teachers who told me they know which children were referred to headstart and parents didn't enroll them because it stays in the child's folder - I was told that virtually every time, they're the kids who don't know any letters, numbers, colors or shapes and cannot write their own name in Kindergarten. Every packet I've every gotten for Kindergarten has said the school district wants the kids to know a certain pool of things. And doctor's screen for these items during wellness checkups.
How do you figure on your thinking? You baffle me sometimes - like only your opinion is the correct opinion. You were a nurse - you've never been a licensed grade school or high school or college teacher. I think their expertise far outweighs yours.
I don't want this OP making a wrong decision and I'm glad that she decided to pass on that daycare. I think she made the right decision.
Yes, they were behind according to the school district's voluntary kindergarten prescreening sessions - and it's their program, not yours, so they made the call and that's what they said. I believe licensed teachers who've been doing that job for 10+ years over a daycare's opinion anyday.
How do you figure a 3.5 year old not knowing any letters, numbers, colors or shapes and can't write their own name isn't behind for their age? (without any teaching beyond 3.5 on these areas)
Yes, it's possible to catch up in 6 months, because the headstart program is designed just for that, academically speaking, social aside for now. School starts in September and is done in June - that's roughly 9 months - there's been counless numbers of children who were determined by the prescreening to be behind and joined the head start program and were caught up by June in time for Kindergarten. So you're saying that every one of those teachers and their system is wrong? Do you believe headstart is just a scam or something? Then why are states moving to 4K if they don't believe in early academic and social intervention for kindergarten readiness? That's really the whole premise of the 4K program. Headstart is prescreened for at age 3.5 in many school districts and those children deemed to have a mild learning delay in certain areas (mentioned before) or social delays are referred to that program.
These particular parents I was talking about chose not to enroll in the head start program and choose to leave home based daycare and joined a center based daycare instead and all of their kids got caught up and they were thrilled, because they were voluntarily retested the following year to be sure they didn't need the summer session. Their daycares all tried to tell them their kids weren't behind while the school district could have sent their kids to special education because of the severity of learning delays these children had. I personally talked to these parents and they were beside themselves for choosing a "babysitter" versus a center curriculum based daycare with preschool program. Another thing, I've spoken with teachers who told me they know which children were referred to headstart and parents didn't enroll them because it stays in the child's folder - I was told that virtually every time, they're the kids who don't know any letters, numbers, colors or shapes and cannot write their own name in Kindergarten. Every packet I've every gotten for Kindergarten has said the school district wants the kids to know a certain pool of things. And doctor's screen for these items during wellness checkups.
How do you figure on your thinking? You baffle me sometimes - like only your opinion is the correct opinion. You were a nurse - you've never been a licensed grade school or high school or college teacher. I think their expertise far outweighs yours.
I don't want this OP making a wrong decision and I'm glad that she decided to pass on that daycare. I think she made the right decision.
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