collcass
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2008
My DD has a July birthday. Because our state uses 12/31 as a cutoff, she is in the middle. I can't imagine having held her out another year. It really was not even ever discussed since she was five in July and for us, that isn't young (due to our state not having the age restriction).
DS 9 & 6 have end of the year birthdays. (11/24 & 12/28, respectively) The younger one is definitely young for 1st grade. he was just about 4 1/2 when he started kindergarten. It is okay now, but I am sure we will see more of the effects as he gets older. We followed teacher recommendations in starting them and they were both given placement tests because of their end of the year birthdays. We were told in both cases that they were ready.
My youngest has a Jan birthday. Even if he didn't miss the Dec cutoff, I wouldn't send him. He is the baby of our family and is treated that way far too often. He wouldn't be ready.
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DS 9 & 6 have end of the year birthdays. (11/24 & 12/28, respectively) The younger one is definitely young for 1st grade. he was just about 4 1/2 when he started kindergarten. It is okay now, but I am sure we will see more of the effects as he gets older. We followed teacher recommendations in starting them and they were both given placement tests because of their end of the year birthdays. We were told in both cases that they were ready.
My youngest has a Jan birthday. Even if he didn't miss the Dec cutoff, I wouldn't send him. He is the baby of our family and is treated that way far too often. He wouldn't be ready.
Good luck
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In our choosing