"Redshirting" kindergarten

[mariscilla]

what's your take on it. do you plan on doing it? 

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/default.aspx

Had my son not been set up with an IEP for is delays I would definitely consider doing this. In fact I still might consider it. I really don't think he will be ready for kindergarten. Will you delay kindergarten for your child? Do you think your child is prepared to go into kindergarten?

[mmtosam06]

cut off in Tx is Sept 1st and the school wouldnt take my dd but said i could put her in pre-k for 2 hours yeah not worth 2 hours for me

Quoting alwayskk:

Around here, you have to be 5 before September 1st- it seems to get earlier every year. My daughter's birthday is in November, so she's starting Kindergarten this fall instead.

I don't really have a problem with it. I don't think my daughter was ready last year. The only thing it causes is more daycare costs for parents who work.

[Doc.Mc.Lissa]

 DD turns 5 in December. She is ready for Kindergarten now, but misses the cut off by 2 months. So no, we won't be waiting.

[blessedwith]

Quoting danandsamsmom:

Quoting blessedwith:

I would never tell a parent what to do, but I don't like red shirting.

There is ALWAYS a tendancy to teach to the older kids in a class.  I've seen it in pre-school, in Sunday School, ect...any place there is a range of kids.  If many kids in a class are six, then the 5 year old that wasn't red shirted, is automatically a bit behind.

So far in the posts I've been seeing kids who were over the cut off.  That isn't red shirting.  Red Shirting is when a student who is able to go to school, based on the school criteria, but don't.  Example, if your kid's birthday is in April, or June, and you don't enroll them in school when they are 5, but wait until they are 6.....I don't think that is good for the class as a whole.

We did hold my son back.  His birthday is in July and the cutoff date is September 30th.  He did pre-k twice and didn't start kindergarten until after he turned six.

Are you a teacher by any chance? I understand your concern about it not being good for the class as a whole, but my primary concern is my son...not the class as a whole.  My son just started 3rd grade and I am confident that I made the right choice for him.

If your child is developmentally normal, then a classroom designed to be ideal for the 5 year old should have been fine for him.   Don't you see that if the majority of the kids in a kindergarten class are 6 when they start, then that class will, be default be designed and taught to the 6 year olds?   If the rest of the kids are 5, which they should be based on the school's cut off, those kids start out behind.....not because they aren't ready, but because other parents made the classroom wrong for them.

I don't know you, and i don't know your son.  I just see red shirting, like what you did, as a dangerous practice in the schools as a whole......Some children may need it, but fewer need it than the numbers that are doing it, and that is what I don't llike.

And no, I am not a teacher, in fact, I don't even have skin in this game, because I homeschool my kids and I plan to until they all graduate.  However, that doesn't mean I don't care about the education of all of the USA's students.  I care deeply....I want our next generation to be the best educated, and most inovative in the world....someone's going to have to grow our economy and private sector enough to pay off all this debt. :)

[BEXi]

My oldest son starts Kindergarten next year and he is more than ready. He will be turning 6 the November after starting.]

He would be going to Kindergarten this year, but his birthday is past the cut off date.

[Mrs.DebB]

My daughter is going into 2nd grade and will turn 7 on the first day of school. Lol I think she may be the youngest kid in her grade. We decided not to hold her back. She was more than ready.

[lovebugs_mom906]

My daughter turns 6 on 9/6, and started school this week.
My son is an August baby, so we'll have I see where he is as far as maturity goes when he s 5. We'll decide then whether or not to hold him back.

Quoting mmtosam06:

my dd will be 6 after school starts she will be in kindergarten. School starts on Aug 27th she turns 6 on Sept 2nd

[JuliFox]

My hubby's parents held him back a year because due to the birthday requirements he and his older sister would have been in the same class. He has resented that his whole life. If the child is old enough and wants to go, I would let them go.

[mmtosam06]

yeah I hope bhe will be ready

Quoting lovebugs_mom906:

My daughter turns 6 on 9/6, and started school this week.
My son is an August baby, so we'll have I see where he is as far as maturity goes when he s 5. We'll decide then whether or not to hold him back.

Quoting mmtosam06:

my dd will be 6 after school starts she will be in kindergarten. School starts on Aug 27th she turns 6 on Sept 2nd

[Kelsmomma123]

My son will turn 6 Sept 24 and he is starting kinder Monday. He went to the pre-k program last year at the school.

[steph0617]

My daughter did Pre-K last year. She is currently in Kindergarten and she won't be 5 until Sept. 17th. She had to pass a Kindergarten Assesment Test to make sure she is prepared.