Topic: My son
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Mon 01/04/10 10:10 AM
My son vatican is 5 and my boyfriend wants to enroll him in pre-school, but the age is 6, he can read, and he's potty trains (thanks to his father) do you think i should do it?

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Mon 01/04/10 10:13 AM
By the age of 6, kids should already be in Kindergarten.

At least that's the way it is here in Michigan.

If you think he's ready, then there is no reason not to enroll him.

If he is an only child, then he'll need some adjustment time to learn how to deal with a bunch of other kids around at the same time. Why not give him a little leg up < so to speak > with that?

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Mon 01/04/10 10:14 AM
thanks...

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Mon 01/04/10 10:22 AM
No problem.

One other thing to keep in mind is that, if he already knows how to read and other stuff that he's going to be learning in pre school or Kindergarten, you really should highly consider enrolling him. Simply because, if you keep teaching him things while holding him out of school < which it sounds like you have done a very good job of > then the school " teaching " him stuff he already knows could lead to boredom for him.

Boredom doesn't make for a very good student.

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Mon 01/04/10 11:00 AM

My son vatican is 5 and my boyfriend wants to enroll him in pre-school, but the age is 6, he can read, and he's potty trains (thanks to his father) do you think i should do it?


here in oregon, i dont know about other places but when the child is 3-4 they can join the headstart program.. i had my daughter in it when she was 3yrs untill she was 4yrs..

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Mon 01/04/10 12:31 PM
Edited by ledi180 on Mon 01/04/10 12:31 PM
If you can send him to school now, why not? Get a start on learning and socializing if he hasn't been in daycare. In Texas, Kindergarten is optional - I think!

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Mon 01/04/10 01:16 PM
Is your boyfriend his father?

If so he has a say....

If not

He really has no say Only you do!:heart:

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Wed 01/06/10 11:37 AM
I agree, enroll him.