I was SUPER tall in K too - I was the tallest kid in my class in K and in 1st grade (got my height early). I cannot imagine if I had been a year or two older. Geez.
My sister started K at 4 and didn't turn 5 until the end of Oct - she graduated HS at 17 and started college at 17. Not saying that would be a good idea for all kids, but thinking that there were kids that were SEVEN while she was 4 in K is just insane to me.
Post by racegrrl714 on May 13, 2012 15:37:52 GMT -5
Meh, I don't judge it too much. My kid's birthday is in August, a mere 26 days after the cutoff for our local schools. So she's going to be 6 going in to K and getting close to 7 by the time K ends. She's 20 months now, and looks like she's almost four so she's probably going to be the biggest kid in the class.
Meh, I don't judge it too much. My kid's birthday is in August, a mere 26 days after the cutoff for our local schools. So she's going to be 6 going in to K and getting close to 7 by the time K ends. She's 20 months now, and looks like she's almost four so she's probably going to be the biggest kid in the class.
How can you make a decision at 20 mos? What if she is reading at 4? What if she's bored in pre-k?
I appreciate that every child is different and there are reasons for delaying the start of K, but this automatic assumption that "I'm going to automatically hold back my kid drives me bonkers".
Ditto... how on earth do you know you are going to hold her back already? Unless she has a disability we don't know about, etc... I just can't even imagine thinking that at 20 months- ESP for a girl... I taught K for 5 years (and another 2 in student teaching) and think it would be a BAD idea to keep a girl who is typically devoloping back "just because" ... she will be bored out of her mind likely - which can cause a ton of issues.
A 7 year old in Kindergarten? I started when I was 4!
me too.
There are 8 year olds in DS's 1st grade class. I was 8 at the start of 4th grade.
So was I. Now mr brother started kindergarten a year late because he was behind, and had he been born 1 day later he would have started a year later anyway.
Meh, I don't judge it too much. My kid's birthday is in August, a mere 26 days after the cutoff for our local schools. So she's going to be 6 going in to K and getting close to 7 by the time K ends. She's 20 months now, and looks like she's almost four so she's probably going to be the biggest kid in the class.
How can you make a decision at 20 mos? What if she is reading at 4? What if she's bored in pre-k?
I appreciate that every child is different and there are reasons for delaying the start of K, but this automatic assumption that "I'm going to automatically hold back my kid drives me bonkers".
Ditto... how on earth do you know you are going to hold her back already? Unless she has a disability we don't know about, etc... I just can't even imagine thinking that at 20 months- ESP for a girl... I taught K for 5 years (and another 2 in student teaching) and think it would be a BAD idea to keep a girl who is typically devoloping back "just because" ... she will be bored out of her mind likely - which can cause a ton of issues.
Haha... never said that I was going to choose to hold her back... her birthday is after the cutoff. To start Kindergarten in our school district, a kid has to turn five before August 1st. Her birthday is August 26th. Honestly, if I had the choice, I would allow her to start the year she turns five but I don't think I'm going to have that choice. Even the local private school has the same cutoff as the public school system, although I may have the ability to "get around" the cutoff issue there because my BIL is the principal. It's a lutheran school though (LCMS) and I don't know how I feel about sending her there yet.
eta: I think that the whole age cutoff thing is ridiculous, myself. It should really be the parents' choice on when the kid starts school, if said child passes the readiness exams.
How can you make a decision at 20 mos? What if she is reading at 4? What if she's bored in pre-k?
I appreciate that every child is different and there are reasons for delaying the start of K, but this automatic assumption that "I'm going to automatically hold back my kid drives me bonkers".
Ditto... how on earth do you know you are going to hold her back already? Unless she has a disability we don't know about, etc... I just can't even imagine thinking that at 20 months- ESP for a girl... I taught K for 5 years (and another 2 in student teaching) and think it would be a BAD idea to keep a girl who is typically devoloping back "just because" ... she will be bored out of her mind likely - which can cause a ton of issues.
Haha... never said that I was going to choose to hold her back... her birthday is after the cutoff. To start Kindergarten in our school district, a kid has to turn five before August 1st. Her birthday is August 26th. Honestly, if I had the choice, I would allow her to start the year she turns five but I don't think I'm going to have that choice. Even the local private school has the same cutoff as the public school system, although I may have the ability to "get around" the cutoff issue there because my BIL is the principal. It's a lutheran school though (LCMS) and I don't know how I feel about sending her there yet.
eta: I think that the whole age cutoff thing is ridiculous, myself. It should really be the parents' choice on when the kid starts school, if said child passes the readiness exams.
In our county also has the cutoff date of August 1st. My son was born in October and starte K as a 6 year old. My last born was born in July I was thinking of waiting until she was 6 to start also but I would need to see if she actually needed the delay.
It is normal here for 5/6 year old's to be in K. I have never heard of redshirting before this post. It could be happening I just don't know.
Post by barefootcontessa on May 14, 2012 8:31:20 GMT -5
What other people chose to do with their child really does not bother me, as I really do not think it has that much effect on my children. One of my sons was the youngest (by over a year in some cases) in his preschool class because the other parents either held their child back or the child had a birthday past the cutoff, and as a result he is pretty far ahead of where my older son was at the same age (same school, same teacher). When I was growing up, elementary school was also split grades, except for kinder.