Lakewood- Linden Transitional K

amother

Sun, Jun 04 2023, 7:17 am

Has anyone sent to Linden's transitional Kindergarten? what was ur experience there? were you able to integrate into a regular cheder directly from there?

amother

Indigo

Sun, Jun 04 2023, 7:19 am

I believe there is someone who does clubs in Sundays to fill in the educational gaps and help prepare children.

amother

DarkRed

Sun, Jun 04 2023, 7:51 am

I have a relative who sent her son there. He went to a regular cheder the next year. He still needed some therapy in primary.

amother

Maroon

Sun, Jun 04 2023, 8:00 am

Yep my son went
Frum teachers and therapists (except pt)
Morah chana Faigy Schwartz does clubs Sundays and after school. Food all kosher from Gelbsteins. Most of the kids in his class were frum. The assistants are not frum but they know about shabbos purim etc
Kids go to Stars, kochvei ohr, regular cheder with a shadow and therapies, the center, the board of ed has a meeting to determine placement for primary

amother

Sun, Jun 04 2023, 9:14 am

amother Maroon wrote:

thank you. my child is in Linden preschool now and they are recommending to continue with transitional k(their primary) - which is very diff from the preschool program. is that where your child went? was it very difficult to transition to cheder directly? as opposed to going to stars this year, or a regular kindergarten with support

amother

Orange

Wed, Jun 28 2023, 11:32 am

amother OP wrote:

If you already have another son in yeshiva, it’s fine to send to the transitional kindergarten because he will have a yeshiva to go when he’s ready. The only reason I didn’t send mine to the transitional kindergarten was because he was my first boy. It would’ve made it even harder than it already was to get him into a school.

amother

Snowdrop

Wed, Jun 28 2023, 12:08 pm

Yes. It was the best decision. Another year of support and therapy. It was so worth it. But we had another child in school so we were getting in as a sibling. Otherwise we probably would have had a really hard time getting into school.

It was great because they start teaching reading in kindergarten as well as math, and it was such a confidence boost for my DC to already know so much the next year. And then the basics were just solidified by learning it again so by purim time when things were new, it was like sure I can do this I'm so smart at school.

We continued doing private ot and speech which also helped. I'm very much in favor of providing support when they're young and learning instead of trying to play catch up afterwards.

amother

Tue, Aug 08 2023, 10:11 pm

amother Snow wrote:

anyone sending to to transitional k for next year?

Still on the fence about sending:) curious if you have any updated information on what kind of ratio of frum students are being in the integrated class this upcoming year

amother

Snow

Wed, Aug 09 2023, 9:31 am

amother OP wrote:

Still on the fence about sending:) curious if you have any updated information on what kind of ratio of frum students are being in the integrated class this upcoming year

nope. don't have any info. where else would u possibly send your child?

amother

Snow

Wed, Aug 09 2023, 5:03 pm

amother OP wrote:

stars

So lucky! Stars was not an option for me becuase my child was not eligible for special ed but there is no way he can be in a regular 4 year old playgroup, so my only option is Liden as a regular ed child. at least there is a special ed teacher in the classroom so he will benefit from that.

amother

Maroon

Wed, Aug 09 2023, 5:19 pm

I was very happy. Ms chani is amazing. Ask shainy who the teacher is. Mostly frum kids. My son made so much progress

amother

Seafoam

Wed, Aug 09 2023, 6:01 pm

amother Snow wrote:

Did you try head start?
I was in a position like that a few years ago and a few people told me to try head start
I called them and they said thanks to Coivd they are not opening that year

They are opening up next year I saw an ad maybe try them.

amother

Wed, Aug 09 2023, 6:12 pm

amother Snow wrote:

is your child eligible to receive services through insurance? I have a couple of nice non boe options(with/without insurance) that I checked out. If you post under your screen name for a few minutes I can pm you info

amother

Snow

Wed, Aug 09 2023, 11:53 pm

amother OP wrote:

can you pm me?

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