Other reasons included social confidence or lack of interest in paper to pencil tasks. Parents often chose the "gift of time" if they felt their child was not emotionally mature enough or able to be independent enough to go to kindergarten. Social skills and parental intuition matter a whole lot. Just because children can read doesn't mean they're necessarily ready for kindergarten. It no longer feels like children are "being held back" and feels more like they've been given "the gift of time." Since my first year teaching TK, aka transitional kindergarten, I've come to shift my view. I had not yet had children of my own and wanted to know the motivation behind "keeping their kids back a year." I'm talking about kids coming in counting to 100, writing simple words, and reading short books, all coming in to Transitional Kindergarten which feeds into kindergarten.Īs a new teacher in 2010, I asked them why they made this choice. Ive seen many children enrolled in this extra year of school even when extremely academically advanced. I've taught transitional kindergarten for a number of years and have seen a number of scenarios.
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