also, one reason for kinder vs 1st is the playarea! kinder is smaller and contained- my comfort level more than his! but 1st goes out on huge campus, and i mean it is way too much open space... i may never be ready for that! hahaa
Oh I've been there, lol.
DS8, who has an ADHD dx but may also be on the spectrum, was incredibly impulsive at that age (he still is a bit but has made fantastic strides in this area).
At the end of kindergarten at our school they start doing "unsupervised recess" (which means the teachers don't accompany them - of course all the recess & lunch breaks have staff on the field to supervise). This is to prep them for grade 1 when they just pour out onto the field at the buzzer with all the big kids.
I wrote the school a letter expressing my concern "he'll go missing... he's too impulsive and curious... he'll leave the school ground." etc etc. The principal met with me and offered me a couple of options - I could be a volunteer lunch hour supervisor and watch him myself or I could instruct the school to keep him in the office during recess and lunch.
He also said something that helped me immensely: "We have never lost a child. Sometimes they're late lining up and we have to look for them, but we've never lost one." I don't know why that made me feel better, but it did.
Anyway, he never went missing at that school. Ever.
(He did once in preschool, but that's a whole other post... lol)
