My son will begin preschool this August. By then, he will be 4.5.
Do preschools do any testing of their student's level of ability? Is that test done at the beginning or end of the year?
He's reading second grade level chapter books and doing simple addition and subtraction, can count into the hundreds, tell time to the quarter hour, etc.
I'm wondering if the preschool will suggest early Kinder enrollment instead? My gut says they won't (because it will mean a loss of his enrollment fee per month).
A problem with going into Kinder early is he's physically behind most five year old kids. So staying with preschool either will or will not help with that development. My worry is that by the time he begins Kinder at 5.5 years old, he will be even farther along academically, even though he is physically on par with an average Kindergartener.
Has anyone a similar child who is now older and can tell me what to expect?
