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@benftw It’s pretty rough on the younger kids. Fortunately it’s a play based program for the first 2 years with some academics sprinkled in. Mine did an entrance exam for a private school a week after he turned 3. They asked him to recognize 15 letters, numbers, shapes (oval included) and...

@benftw Nope - in Canada they do it by the calendar year. So if your kid turns 4 by December, they can start in September. Mine will be 3 and 9 months when he starts.

@jonlv My mum is a ECE and my sister is a teacher. They both said that kids born at the end of the year have a harder time but catch up by grade 2. There’s a whole year between the kids born in January and those born in December. Those checklists are assuming that the kid is 4 going on 5...

@jonlv Mine is also born at the end of the year and will be starting in September (Ontario). JK and SK are play-based programs. There isn’t an academic focus until grade 1. They will learn their ABCs as the other kids do. There’s a wide range on picking up reading skills (3-7). If you’re...