Mom123: you mentioned that the director of the school is against your daughter's early entry to K. Is he/she against all early entry? Will you have to advocate for early entry against school policy or is it allowed under policy and the director is just concerned about your child? Do you have to decide NOW about starting K next fall? We started advocating for our son's early entry to first grade in the spring (at kindergarten registration time) but he was registered to start K and then the decision to actually start him in first grade wasn't actually made until two weeks before school started.
I think it sounds like she is a good candidate for early K, especially being only 4 months young for the cutoff (my son is 6 months younger). Hula hoops and jump rope aren't prerequisities for kindergarten. I don't think most 6 year olds can do them at the END of kindergarten! (or some adults, like Kriston!)
What are the other options for next fall? Could she do another year of preschool and then go to first grade? Could she do a trial in the K program with the agreement that if it didn't work out after 8 weeks or so you could pull her out? There are many things to consider in the decision. I would encourage you to continue to think about it, let her grow and learn more this year and look at it again in about 6 months. And if she waits to start K at the usual time there is always opportunity to grade accelerate later. The decision you make next fall won't determine the full course of her education.
