Hello!
My name is Yvette and my 3 year old son is going into PreK 4 next school year. He is currently at an in-house daycare where there are 12 children ranging from 12 months all the way to 4 years old.
Matthew is a pretty smart almost 4 year old. He knows the sound of all of the letters, can write them (upper case/lower case), can spell out his name and is trying to read. He does basic addition, subtraction, knows his shapes. He's witty and blows my mind everyday with random things!
I was thinking of putting him in public school next year for PreK4; however, I was told that the state dictates the curriculum and it would be everything he is doing now. The teacher is not allowed to deviate from the lessons in order to meet Matthew's need. So at the end of the day, what Matthew has learned this school year, he'll repeat next school and then in Kinder the first half of the year is going over everything from preK4. So three years of the same thing!
At the in-house daycare, his "teacher" will differentiate the instruction and challenge him. My only issue is that Matthew will be one of three kids that will be 4 years old. I believe he needs more exposure to older children, but at the same time I can't imagine the kid doing the same lessons for three years!
I'm a teacher and never thought that this would be so difficult! Any insight or suggestions?
