Will you be sending your July ‘16 baby to preschool in the fall?

Question

Where I am from the age cut off for preschool is the child has to be 3 by August 1st. That being said, my child will have just turned 3 right before school starts. My husband and I are on the fence of sending him or holding him. A pro is I think he would be ready. However we don’t know how we feel about him being the youngest in his class. I don’t want him to struggle later by not being as age advanced as some of his classmates who will have just turned 4 when starting school. What are your thoughts, mommas?

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I’m not, but it’s because we don’t have a preschool that’s not for at-risk kids in my hometown. We may try to get her into head start for social reasons, but that’s not a guarantee. It’s a lottery for the 10% of students that are above the poverty line. We will be doing some social things regardless, but my daughter already does her ABC’s, can count to 15 comfortably, and recognizes most of her letters and numbers up to 10 without prompting. We’re going to start on writing and sight words next.

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I live in NJ and it’s pretty standard to send your kids to pre-K-3 then to pre-K then kindergarten. I actually didn’t realist this isn’t a thing until I just saw the poll with 78% saying no. Anywho, my son will be going to pre k for 1/2 days 5 days a week starting in September.

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My daughter goes to daycare twice a week, and the daycare she goes to also has a preschool in the same building. If you sign them up for the preschool part, they just switch them from the daycare room to the preschool room for the hours it runs, so we're planning to start at 3 since it's so easy for us and great exposure to the things that will be required of her for her second year. I don't think there's any harm in it if you feel they're ready! Where I live, both years are optional, but I think most parents choose to start them at 3.

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We are starting in fall. I know she’ll be one of the youngest but I think it will be good for her to be around other kids. The teachers are pros so I’m sure they will tell us if they’re concerned. She will be going 3 days a week. All day because they do a daycare too. It’s a catholic preschool.

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We do lots of social activities outside the house (gym childcare, church childcare, and playdates), and I don't feel the need to put my daughter in preschool as a 3 year old. Most of the people I see signing up for preschool are using it as an opportunity for a break (no judgement, that sounds great), but we don't have the budget for it and i like to think i know my alphabet and counting well enough to teach 😜

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My son is already in school

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Even though my son isn't ready yet with potty training, numbers, letters, etc. I think he'll be ready by next fall. What we've decided is to do 2 years of preschool and have him stay kindergarten when he's older.

Will you be sending your July ‘16 baby to preschool in the fall?

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