The new school, is the K program full day or part day? How many hours of school would it be?
8:30 - 2:30, with lots of time allotted for play, and an after-school program that I would probably use.
After K they spend more hours of the day on academics, and they start having homework (although it sounds like fun relevant homework, like talk to someone your family knows who immigrated). Which makes me think I don't want to rush her onto the K -> 1st train.
In answer to SiaSL's question, yes and no. I was chatting with the science teacher and he described how he tailored the topic of magnetism to each age group. What he described for the K kids (getting them to experiment with what it sticks to) just sounded way too basic. On the other hand, if I get them to put her in the 1st-2nd group, there will be more homework, more academic structure, etc., which I'm not interested in rushing. So it cuts both ways.
She's in her current preschool all day, and has friends, but there's a mean-girl triangle going on that I'm pretty concerned about. Next year she'll be in the pre-K group, and won't be the oldest in that group. Also, this preschool has a high proportion of at least MG kids (more than half are professor spawn). Hanni is an all-rounder, she'll learn about anything.
I think I'm talking myself into keeping her at the preschool.
