is it too early to start my child to go to school?

my son who just turn two can identify a lot of different animals, can count from one to ten and can identify the numbers that i've said. he knows a lot of nursery rhymes and can identify some letters on the alphabets. i am also amaze on the progress he is doing. but i think, two years old is still young to go to school. i would rather let him play outside and enjoy himself more. this stage is a very important age for them. some kids who start to go to school early becomes stress easily. parents also expect a lot from their children. although we don't say that but we feel that. so, in my opinion just let him enjoy his play time for awhile... don't let him grow too fast... it is better for him to enjoy his time with you than to spend his time some where without you..

Hey.... he is only 2 and why do you want to pressure him up. If he is quite advanced for hi age, then why need to take him to school, he could learn of his own, right? May be i sound a bit rude but, that principal should be very mean to make money. my suggestion would be leave him free fot atleast a year and half and let him enjoy his infant days and dont pamper him. You will also have time to cuddle him and adore him.

Since you still have some time, I would take him to get his IQ tested. If he tests high, I would try to put him in the courses. If he doesn't have the maturity to handle the courses, you can always take him out and home school him. How does he compare to toher children his gae, does he seem advanced? If you trest him and his ecudation correctly he may be able to skip a few grades and finish high school and college year. Just keep encouraging him and he will flourish.

I don't know about you but in my country, some parents send their kids to school at the age of 6months to 1 year old. :)

It's never too early to start educating and nurturing a child. :)

personally i would start him out in school at 3 or 4 years old. he will be in school the rest of his life and i dont think a 2 and a half year old would enjoy school so much. as they are still small and exploring things. he will still have a chance to show his academic abilities in school a year or so later. just go over things with him at home like books or numbers or abc's. that will help him get ready for school in the coming years. no child is ready for school at that age and i think you should let him grow and expand on his own at home with you.

In my country, where education has become a huge burden now-a-days, we do not like sending children to school too early,atleast, less than two years of age. We have to consider once started, the baby will start getting involved in studies and will have to say goodbye to childhood. So, please follow norms of your country.

My little girl went to a private school offered by a church, but we had some run-ins with it. It's great if you can get a really good school for him, but most want older kids that can talk good and that sorta stuff.

It is never to early for a child to start learning. Statistic show that children who go to preschool do a lot better when they get older.

yes it is to early

Well I hate to say it but so many are sending their kids to school at a very early age. I admit I am guilty of it too. My son is only 2 and a half and he is in school and my daughter is 4 and a half and will be going to school for full days 5 days a week. We are all getting a really early start oh and she is already getting homework!!

as you described,your son is a smart boy,if the school provide good teach and the teach fit for him,then he should go to school.

test your child, send him to school and observed him. if his doing good then thats good and if not then maybe next two years or five.

yes coz she/he will develop early,, she will learne a lot, you can also teach him, insted to send him/her in school

they say the younger the child starts learning the more they will retain but two seems a little young i wouldn`t even consider it until three years at the minimun

yes wait for one more year

Put him in school, if it doesn't work out, you can alway's stop sending him. If nothing else he can interact with other kid's his age.

I think he is to young yet to go to school, you are right when you say you have misgivings on letting him go to school, why don't you cuddle him a little more, maybe next year he will be ready to go to school, or better you will be ready to let him go to school. :)

My daughter started also recognizing alphabets, can memorize short poems, a very talkative one at her age, one year and 8 months. I'd even recorded her activities that time. But I waited for her to be 3 years old when I enroll her to a preschool and she still excel in her class. I didn't enroll her early because even she's advanced for her age, I sill want her to enjoy her being a child, I was afraid early schooling for her might give her a too much pressure at her age. She's now in her 4th grade, very enthusiastic and enjoys her schooling very much.

I don't think you should let him go to school yet. Let him enjoy a little bit more of those precious toddler years :)