Does he really need to be challenged in preschool/pre-k? I do feel that preschool is really about playing and social skills, so in theory I really should not have an issue until he gets to kindergarden - right?
Although Grinity is right in that it depends on the kid, I think it also depends on the preschool and kindergarten. In our case, I found such a great kindergarten that I couldn't imagine keeping DS4 in his play-based preschool another year. He was doing fine in preschool--his teachers liked him, he didn't have any behavioral issues and he had lots of friends, including one very close best friend--but he LOVES kindergarten. He comes home smiling and energized every day and is thriving academically. Just the other day he told me that kindergarten is harder than preschool, and when I asked if that was a good thing or a bad thing, he said "good thing." However, if I had had to send him to our public school, where he would have been expected to color worksheets and learn the alphabet along with everyone else, I would have kept him in play-based preschool as long as possible.
