Kindergarten...........

Question

What age do kids start kindergarten?? My daughter is 3 1/2 and will be 4 on Feb. 16. I know she is to young now but will she go next year or when she is 5??

Answer 1

it depends where you live some cities offer 4k which is kindergarten for a 4yr old... id do some researching... i just recently did that for my four year old and got lucky... best bet is calling the nearest elementary school and seeing if any schools on the area offer it...

Answer 2

at age 5

Answer 3

When she's 5.

Answer 4

I agree, the age is 5 for kindergarten, not like back in the day when your child could be tested to go early.  

I think you should try to get her into preschool.  My son at 2 1/2 was in a private daycare/preschool.  It garunteed that the child would be at a kindergarten level before he left.  He was there for 2 school years and a summer between.  When he went to public school, the teacher was amazed!  They had to give him seperate work because he was only 4 and couldnt move him to the next class.  I was advised to send him to a private school until about 5th grade, where maybe they can skip him or put him in a class where its 5th/6th graders at a magnet school...Which is exactly what my mom did when I was young.

Answer 5

I believe that, at least in my state, the law is that children must be 5 by December 1st of their Kindergarten year.  There are many parents that opt for private "begindergarten" for kids that are young for kindergarten, but ready for school.

I imagine, that if your daughter will be 4 in Feb 2009, than she would start Kindergarten Fall 2010 and will be turning 6 during her kindergarten year - which is perfectly on target!  Many kids turn 7 in G1, 8 in G2, and 9 in G3.  Remember, social skills are just as important as academics!  I had a very young third grader in my class this year who was academically equal to his peers, but social/emotionally he was a good year or so behind.

There are a ton of great pre-schools out there if you're looking for more structured school for your daughter before kindergarten rolls around!

Answer 6

It depends on where you live. I have a 3 1/2 years old girl too, she turns 4 in January. I called the schools and they told me that she has to be 4 before the end of December in order to go to Kindergarden, so my girl goes to preschool.

We live in Ontario.