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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 13:43:26 GMT -6
Wallpaper is mostly terrible but I think it can be okay as a chair rail or something.
It sounds hideous, but my grandma had this red and cream damask wallpaper in one room of their house and it was really gorgeous.
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -6
Remind me what the Canadian way is. Is it two years of kindergarten? I'm pretty sure I would have an easier time considering public kindergarten next year for Josie if it were only half-day. Do you guys have TK there, guster? I thought I remember someone saying it wasn't a thing NY. I haven't seen anything in this area, yet. There are a lot of private or parochial school options., tho. Very pricey. Where my husband teaches they have something called pre-first which is kindergarten and a half, essentially. Kids who aren't ready for first grade go there for an advanced year of kindergarten.
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Post by klong11 on Dec 21, 2017 13:45:12 GMT -6
cagoldi, is transitional kinder the same as pre-k?
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 13:48:27 GMT -6
I also wonder about what it's like to be the oldest in a grade? For a girl, to, possibly, be one of the first to develop physically, and then the social aspects of things like getting a drivers license before everyone else, turning 18 before everyone else. I know there's the flipside of it too and being the last to do those things, but I wonder where the most pressure is or if it falls with each individual kid (which I'm guessing is the answer)
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 13:49:50 GMT -6
cagoldi, is transitional kinder the same as pre-k? It isn't here. Pre-k goes through a 4's program, and then TK is another year between the fours and kindergarten. Josie is currently in the pre-K 4 program.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 13:50:26 GMT -6
cagoldi, is transitional kinder the same as pre-k? Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK.
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Post by vino on Dec 21, 2017 13:50:32 GMT -6
::looks up from filling out kinder application:: For real, that's happening, it's on the website so I've got it ready for registration next year. He starts kinder Sept 2018, half day here only which pisses me off. Remind me what the Canadian way is. Is it two years of kindergarten? I'm pretty sure I would have an easier time considering public kindergarten next year for Josie if it were only half-day. There is no Canadian way, it's provincially mandated. Alberta doesn't do full funding for full day kindergarten for all schools. I believe there is a process for certain schools to have it, but the Catholic school that B will be going to, at this point, is only half days. Therefore Sept 2019 he will be in grade 1.
So he will go to daycare in the morning, they provide transportation to school, pick up from school and we will pick up from daycare. I think that you can state your preference of AM or PM kinder class and I would prefer AM, so hopefully that happens.
I have no doubt that he is ready for kinder, even full days. He loves learning under direction; he is very attentive when he gets in front of a coach for gymnastics, soccer or sportball he pays attention and wants to get it right, definitely a 'pleaser' if you will. He is generally very timid but comes out of his shell when we aren't around, I'm loving watching him grow up and be independent.
There are charter schools as well here, B's little bestie is going to a half day Montessori currently and they will have him evaluated and interviewed to get into an academic charter school. Lots of options for sure, but for us, I think that he needs to get into regular program to see where his interests lie and we can switch from there if need be. Whether it be arts, sports, or academic focused.
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Post by wineallthetime on Dec 21, 2017 13:51:14 GMT -6
vino, I'd love to send C to a half day young 5's program next year! However, with work it'd be a huge pain in the ass, which I'm sure if your issue with B. ETA: I see you clarified!
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 13:51:42 GMT -6
cagoldi, is transitional kinder the same as pre-k? Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK. Oh, that's interesting. In California you don't have a choice bc it's a sept 1 cut off? Interesting. Are there kids to start preschool later and go right from preschool to kindergarten ?
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 13:52:28 GMT -6
I need to go to the grocery store for lunch but I really don't want to. I've already made my list but I don't want to get up. Order online for pick up or delivery to your house.
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 13:53:50 GMT -6
vino, so many choices. That's wonderful! And I think it's even better that he'll have the consistency of his daycare for before or after care. I hope your granted your a.m. preference.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 13:53:55 GMT -6
I also wonder about what it's like to be the oldest in a grade? For a girl, to, possibly, be one of the first to develop physically, and then the social aspects of things like getting a drivers license before everyone else, turning 18 before everyone else. I know there's the flipside of it too and being the last to do those things, but I wonder where the most pressure is or if it falls with each individual kid (which I'm guessing is the answer) In my close group of HS girlfriends, we had one of each. Both were the same age and had birthdays in late September, one was my grade so she was the youngest, and the other was the grade below so she was the oldest (held back in Kindergarten). The latter did develop early but I don't know, never seemed to be a problem? She hung around with mostly girls her age, so seniors when she a junior. She was on cheer and had plenty of friends. So did my friend who was the youngest in our grade.
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Post by vino on Dec 21, 2017 13:53:58 GMT -6
vino , I'd love to send C to a half day young 5's program next year! However, with work it'd be a huge pain in the ass, which I'm sure if your issue with B. ETA: I see you clarified! It is a massive pain in the ass. I'm actually quite livid that he cant get into a typical 'pre school' setting because we are both working parents. I may or may not have contacted my member of parliament about this and the education system.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 13:55:25 GMT -6
Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK. Oh, that's interesting. In California you don't have a choice bc it's a sept 1 cut off? Interesting. Are there kids to start preschool later and go right from preschool to kindergarten ? I think you could keep them in Pee-K for two years, if you wanted. Yeah, they started the TK programs when they moved up the cut-off date. It used to be December 1st, then they moved it up incrementally until it was September 1st.
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Post by peachsmama on Dec 21, 2017 13:57:26 GMT -6
Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK. Oh, that's interesting. In California you don't have a choice bc it's a sept 1 cut off? Interesting. Are there kids to start preschool later and go right from preschool to kindergarten ? Thats how it is here. M was supposed to do preschool for 2 years then kindergarten. But since he didn't potty train, he'll do one year of preschool and then kindergarten. And it's all day here. I wish it was half.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 14:01:21 GMT -6
I also wonder about what it's like to be the oldest in a grade? For a girl, to, possibly, be one of the first to develop physically, and then the social aspects of things like getting a drivers license before everyone else, turning 18 before everyone else. I know there's the flipside of it too and being the last to do those things, but I wonder where the most pressure is or if it falls with each individual kid (which I'm guessing is the answer) My birthday is in Jan so I’m a middle of the year-er. I went to a very small school so I’m sure it’s different elsewhere but honestly, I didn’t notice much differences within my friend group. My friend L turned 19 in nov of our senior year. And my 2 best friend’s turned 17 in July/aug before our senior year. The only time I really noticed anything with ages was when people started driving and when we were turning 21.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 14:02:46 GMT -6
cagoldi, is transitional kinder the same as pre-k? Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK. TK is also a public school offering, right?
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 14:03:14 GMT -6
Pete's dad came over to help him hang a new curtain and this is taking waaaaay longer than it should.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 14:10:59 GMT -6
I actually talked to H’s school this morning about cut offs. For their 2 program the birthday has to be 2/1 or before. Since S is 2/26 I wasn’t sure if they’d make an exception and they will! Hooray for 1 full morning off a week next school year. We are trying to decide what to do for H next year. She has the option of 3 day or 4 day preschool or 5 day pre-k, all are half day. I think she’s ready for the 5 day pre-k but it call comes down to if we can afford the extra. Registration is 1/3 so we need to decide ASAP.
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Post by inthekitty on Dec 21, 2017 14:13:40 GMT -6
House with wallpaper on the ceiling...this is so wrong, guster if you like this, we can't be friends. :-) Missed opportunity to not put wallpaper on the ceiling fan blades.
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Post by klong11 on Dec 21, 2017 14:14:15 GMT -6
cagoldi , is transitional kinder the same as pre-k? Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK. Oh, ok. Cadence will go to the APK class at her school, which is the advanced pre-k, since she has that extra year.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 14:14:27 GMT -6
Here is a pic of my laundry room I want to wallpaper (this is a panoramic picture so you can see all of it. It’s 5.5ft from door to door and a little over 7ft wide. I want to do the wallpaper on the wall where the washer and dryer are. Eventually I’d like to get a cupboard and rod up there as well. I’m planning to paint the whole room white to brighten it up. The coral is fun but it kind of doesn’t go with anything else in my house of grey and blue. PDQ POOF
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 14:21:09 GMT -6
Different. Dude is in Pre-K now, and next year he's going to TK. Transitional Kindergarten is for kids who have a birthday in the Fall. If they won't have their fifth birthday by the cut-off of September 1st, they automatically go to TK. TK is also a public school offering, right? Yes. Dude will go to TK at the public magnet school he'll attend for all of elementary, unless we decide to move. Even then, it would have to be a move to distant location because they can keep going to magnet schools even if they aren't in the district. And we don't have any such plans.
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Post by vino on Dec 21, 2017 14:22:02 GMT -6
I also wonder about what it's like to be the oldest in a grade? For a girl, to, possibly, be one of the first to develop physically, and then the social aspects of things like getting a drivers license before everyone else, turning 18 before everyone else. I know there's the flipside of it too and being the last to do those things, but I wonder where the most pressure is or if it falls with each individual kid (which I'm guessing is the answer) My birthday is in Jan so I’m a middle of the year-er. I went to a very small school so I’m sure it’s different elsewhere but honestly, I didn’t notice much differences within my friend group. My friend L turned 19 in nov of our senior year. And my 2 best friend’s turned 17 in July/aug before our senior year. The only time I really noticed anything with ages was when people started driving and when we were turning 21. +1 to this. My birthday was in May so I was on the younger end of the year and honestly I don't think that I noticed any difference that the kids that has Sept-Dec birthdays.
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Post by inthekitty on Dec 21, 2017 14:26:33 GMT -6
I also wonder about what it's like to be the oldest in a grade? For a girl, to, possibly, be one of the first to develop physically, and then the social aspects of things like getting a drivers license before everyone else, turning 18 before everyone else. I know there's the flipside of it too and being the last to do those things, but I wonder where the most pressure is or if it falls with each individual kid (which I'm guessing is the answer) Research shows that girls usually fare worse with early physical developing and boys do better. If you think about our sexist society it'll benefit a boy to be large for sports but for an early developing girl it could give her unwanted sexual attention. I don't know if there's much difference in being oldest or youngest in a cohort though. I wouldn't think that would make much of a difference after the early years. Where I grew up I had a lot of mixed grade classes from 7th grade on so I had a lot of upperclassmen around. Personally, I was one of the youngest in the class with a June birthday but still one of the earliest developers. Having a C-cup in 6th grade brought a lot of attention I didn't care for but it wouldn't have made a difference what grade I was in...I was still only 11.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 14:29:00 GMT -6
Same, inthekitty. C when I graduated 6th, my birthday is late April and I don't think it would have made a difference what grade I was in. I wore heavy sweaters for the next couple years even in 100 degree heat.
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Post by inthekitty on Dec 21, 2017 14:29:01 GMT -6
guster I told MH I'm looking into counseling. He's willing. I know he'll never hear it from me or see my side because I've fought that battle for over a decade, but I think a third party may make all the difference. flamingo thanks for the ray of hope. I remember you mentioning your parents situation before and it's comforting to hear.
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Post by wedding on Dec 21, 2017 14:30:17 GMT -6
guster She's a giant schnauzer mix. So very rare to be up for adoption and good dogs. It says she's a puppy but not how old. She's likely going to be pretty big.
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Post by peachsmama on Dec 21, 2017 14:40:28 GMT -6
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 14:45:41 GMT -6
Thanks for all the different perspectives. I really like using the anecdotes to help weigh my options. Four just seems so little to go to kindergarten. wedding, oh my! What a cuuuutttie!
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