I may be wrong but I hear that in the West (USA and Europe), children start school much later ...at three or four. Is that right?
In Canada it's dependent on the province. In my province a child must be enrolled in school on their 6th birthday. Obviously the school board prefers if you enrol the child at the beginning of the school year if they turn six during that year, but parents are not obligated to. If, for example, your child was born on June 25th 2004, the school would like him to be enrolled for the year that started this September, but his first day of school could be as late as the 25th of June next year. That means his first year of school would be a single day long!
Attempts to standardize the enrolment dates (so all children have to start at the beginning of the year) have been repeatedly unsuccessful and I think they've just given up on the idea.
How has homeschooling been for you so far?
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