Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

"Is your child ready for kindergarten?"

I vividly recall the tension among my fellow mom friends a few years ago as we discussed the upcoming kindergarten registration time and whether our children would be enrolling that year or the next. Though I was excited for my firstborn to head off to elementary school, I felt a huge weight lifted when I discovered that he had "missed the cutoff" by seven days and would have no choice but to wait until the following year to make the leap into elementary school. You see, while other moms I knew, with children born in August and early September had to debate, ponder and attempt to predict whether or not their old-enough child really should head off to kindergarten that fall, the decision was out of my hands. My kiddo would be waiting... like it or not. There would be no second-guessing my decision for the next 18+ years! He had clearly missed the deadline and was destined for the Class of 2023. I will never have to wonder whether I should have "held him back" or not. His late-September birthday held him back and lifted that burden for me. However, this is not the case for many other parents.

Fortunately, for parents who are currently in a situation of kindergarten limbo, pondering and prognosticating whether their wee one is ready, there is an upcoming seminar addressing this very issue. Its free and its coming up next week.

The Area Nursery School Association has scheduled a "Kindergarten Readiness Information Night" for Tuesday, March 20th from 7:00 to 8:15PM to be held at Christ United Methodist Church in Lansdale "for parents to learn about the rigors of the kindergarten curriculum in our local schools and to provide an opportunity for parents to ask questions". Ellen Perla, long-time kindergarten teacher and early childhood coordinator for the Perkiomen Valley School District, will be the main presenter for the evening. All local parents are welcome and pre-registration is not required.

For your convenience, this event is also listed on the North Penn Under Ten calendar.