Re: study of red****rting (late entrance to kndergarten)

Mary W. wrote:
> On Jul 18, 2:05 pm, "Donna Metler" <dmmet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Nikki" <skavan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>> news:z-Cdnc7dmMLOTx3VnZ2dnUVZ_qTinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> hschin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>>> I agree.
>>> The problem we are also dealing with is that when it becomes soooo
common
>>> the typical age really is a young age.  My kid was born in April so
nearly
>>> 5.5yo when he started kindy.  He was the youngest boy in the class. 
He
>>> repeated a grade and he is the oldest of course but there are a few in
>>> there with him.
> 
> Wow. Red****rting does not seem to be common here at all.

I know.  I lived in Atlanta when my first child (late May birthday) 
started kindergarten, and I never heard of *anyone* being red****rted. 
It was a real eye-opener when I read about it on this newsgroup.

I don't think it's common here, either (Charleston).  Both GA and SC 
have Sept. 1 cutoffs, so maybe it's more common in states where the 
cutoff is much later.

Clisby


  DD1's
> birthday is
> in May and she was in the young half of her K class with a good number
> of kids
> younger than her. I think there was one boy who had a late August
> birthday
> and he started a year later (Sept 1 cut off). So he was marginally
> older than
> the kids that turned 6 in September. I know of another kid with an Aug
> birthday
> whose mom kept him in private K his kindergarten year thinking he
> wasn't
> ready for all day public K and she was going to evaluate him the next
> year
> to see if she would put him in public K or public 1st grade. When the
> time
> came she felt he had made great strides and opted for public first
> grade -
> he was ready and did fine.
> 
>> That's the thing. We're debating (and have my DD starting pre-K this
year,
>> in part to see how she does and help make a decision) as to whether to
start
>> my DD in K at almost 5, or wait until almost 6. She's only about 6
weeks
>> past the cutoff-well in the range that private schools would let her
start
>> early (and possibly, depending on the principal, that public schools
would.
>> TN has no official early entry policy, but individual administrators
have
>> been known to bend the rules).
>>
>> She's been very early on academics, gets along better with older kids
>> socially, and at least on paper, would be one of the oldest in the
class,
>> and, in the past, has not done particularly well when she's at the
upper end
>> of an age group.  Fine motor is decent, (at 3 1/2, she can write her
name
>> and some words, trace objects, color mostly in the lines if she agrees
to
>> color, and draw pictures which are at least somewhat recognizable), and
>> she's in the 75% for height (although since she's so thin, she still
looks
>> small compared to many children her age from a distance). Looking at my
DD,
>> it seems obvious that she'd probably do better entering at almost 5.
> 
> DD2 is just a bit younger than yours (she turns 4 at the end of this
> month).
> With our Sept. 1 cutoff, she'll be one of the youngest in her K class
> next
> year but I have no qualms about sending her to K next year. She'll be
> more
> than ready and she's not nearly as academically gifted as your
> daughter.
> In fact, in my experience, it  almost seem the opposite here. People
> with
> kids with a Sept or Oct birthday would prefer to start their kids
> early but
> the schools seem to be really strict on the Sept. 1 cut off.
> 
> Mary W.