what's your take on it. do you plan on doing it?
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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?
Quoting mommytoeandb:Nope. Mine have September & June birthdays and went on time. Our cut-off is 9/30. DD has ADHD and is gifted. She's going into 4th grade. If we had waited, she would be so bored. I worried about causing behavior problems due to boredom. Kids typically level out.
Above average high achieving and "hot housed" kids level out, appropriately challenged and served truly gifted kids should not level out. Underserved and unchallenged gifted kids and girls especially will underachieve and or dumb down to fit in or because they are bored and see no point in trying.
My son started K at 5 years, 3 months. He had attended preschool 3 years. We just started 1st grade and never regretted our decision. I don't agree with red shirting.
I think it's silly, pointless and, actually, a kind of cheating.
But, hey, I don't see the point in kindergarten unless you need it for child care.
I don't agree with red-shirting. My son's birthday is July 17th. He just turned 9 yrs old and started 4th grade. He is always the youngest in his class. But, he's also the smartest! He's been in the gifted program since 1st grade.
Holding a child back really messes with the class dynamic. Not only is a child physically bigger & older; but, they also are more 'mature'. My son picked up a lot of bad words and ideas from 'older' children in his classroom. Who really wants their 5 yr old in a classroom with someone turning 7? Think about puberty striking...
Furthermore, my husband's birthday is in October. He wasn't allowed to start school until he ws almost 6. He wasn't held back; but, everyone made fun of him and said he was because he was bigger and 'older'. They called him dumb and stupid. It really affected him & he doesn't ever want his children to suffer like he did.
Actually typically hey are neither more mature or bigger. Most people who red shirt do so with a child who's birthday falls 1-2 months before the cut off. For example if the cut off were september 1st and a child born august 1st was red shirted...how exactly is that child any more mature than the child born on September 15th? It's 46 days.
Respectfully it typically works the other way around. That child who was born on August 1st would then go to school with kids that could be a year older than them. That full year is huge.
Either way you look at it that child born in August is in the middle. It should be..and well it actually is, up to the parent to decide when to send their child.
Quoting lmjess:I don't agree with red-shirting. My son's birthday is July 17th. He just turned 9 yrs old and started 4th grade. He is always the youngest in his class. But, he's also the smartest! He's been in the gifted program since 1st grade.
Holding a child back really messes with the class dynamic. Not only is a child physically bigger & older; but, they also are more 'mature'. My son picked up a lot of bad words and ideas from 'older' children in his classroom. Who really wants their 5 yr old in a classroom with someone turning 7? Think about puberty striking...
Furthermore, my husband's birthday is in October. He wasn't allowed to start school until he ws almost 6. He wasn't held back; but, everyone made fun of him and said he was because he was bigger and 'older'. They called him dumb and stupid. It really affected him & he doesn't ever want his children to suffer like he did.
Make someone happy today, mind your own business.
Quoting 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.
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.
Am I wrong for not giving a F**** that hes dying?
- mariscilla
on Aug. 17, 2012 at 10:19 AM