Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Kindergarten or not-that is the question!

While visiting with other moms at HSA last week I discovered that in WA the cut off date to enter Kindergarten is September 1st, meaning the child must be 5 by September 1st to enter Kindergarten. Naomi has a September birthday but it is a few weeks later.

So what is the big deal, you may wonder since we home school. Well not too much except Naomi was really looking forward to being in kindergarten and taking classes at HSA like her brothers. So I found out that we do have options, well 2 to be exact.
  1. Don't put her in Kindergarten this year.
  2. Get her tested by the state and if she passes, she can enter Kindergarten this year.

So I talked to Darrick about it. By the way, do you realize how hard it is for us to talk about important things? We hardly get to talk on the phone, skype has not been working and trying to have a serious discussion over email is hard and takes way too many emails.

We have come to a basic decision but plan to talk about it more while Darrick is on leave.

What are your thoughts?

2 comments:

Darrick said...

You're right it is hard for us to talk. I guess I need to ask a question. So if Naomi goes into Kindergarten will she be home schooled and go to HSA? If she is going to be home schooled that changes things a little. So much to think about.

Laura said...

If she does Kindergarten for a year and you don't feel she is ready to move into 1st grade, could you hold her back and repeat Kindergarten? If so, it seems like that could be a good way to approach it.