Almost 7 year old in kindergarten!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that's only one year behind the regular start. Kids who start on time turn 6 in kindergarten. And, given that you don't know anything about the kid, you can't possibly know the reason for the late start. Like others said, if you just figured this out, it's obviously not causing problems.

I don't think parents know that much about what goes on in kindergarten to know whether it's causing problems or not.

[Anonymous]

Me thinks OP has too much time on her hands.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7 in April or May you mean? Yes, I've heard of this. Crazy, but I've heard of it.

My son will be 8 in May. He's in 1st grade.

We kept him in preschool an extra year & it was the best decision ever.

[Anonymous]

It's one kid. And no one here really knows why he was held back. I don't see the big issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shit. My son is taller than most of the kids in his current class and has a September birthday, so he misses the cutoff for Kindergarten where we live. Should I anticipate that people will talk about him like this when he starts school?

Same thing for my very tall September bday daughter. OP, don't be a jerk.

[Anonymous]

In my DD's kindergarten class a boy turned 7 in February, and it does not impact the class in any way. The boy is repeating K and I applaud the family for looking out for their child's best interest long-term. After all, they could have refused the recommendation and sent him to 1st, but they chose to focus on his needs. No big deal to his current (and former) classmates.

[Anonymous]

So, a 6-year-old in kindergarten?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my DD's kindergarten class a boy turned 7 in February, and it does not impact the class in any way. The boy is repeating K and I applaud the family for looking out for their child's best interest long-term. After all, they could have refused the recommendation and sent him to 1st, but they chose to focus on his needs. No big deal to his current (and former) classmates.

Seriously? So he'll turn 8 in K?

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

I disagree with this attitude. Those who put kids in Kindergarten who will be turning 7 DO affect others. I should be able to send my summer child on time without kids being THAT much older than them (unless there was good reason). Now my kid, who is following the age guidelines, is going to feel short or possibly behind in someway, when really they should be within the standard of normal. Older kids in the class also change the teachers expectations of normal, and therefore DO affect others!

It is everyone business, but especially five year old boys (or active girls) who behave in an age appropriate way for five year olds.

A bunch of seven year olds in a kindergarten classroom skews the expectations for behavior, and turns those kids behaving or misbehaving in age appropriate ways and learning at age appropriate paces into problem children or in need of remediation.

If parents hold them out to the point they are going to turn seven during the kindergarten year (the age of many second graders) then the schools need to test them for kindergarten mastery and move them into first grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my DD's kindergarten class a boy turned 7 in February, and it does not impact the class in any way. The boy is repeating K and I applaud the family for looking out for their child's best interest long-term. After all, they could have refused the recommendation and sent him to 1st, but they chose to focus on his needs. No big deal to his current (and former) classmates.

So this kid will be a teenager going through puberty (possibly even shaving) in elementary school, driving in middle school, and 20 years old in high school when some of tue freshmen will be 13 year olds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

I disagree with this attitude. Those who put kids in Kindergarten who will be turning 7 DO affect others. I should be able to send my summer child on time without kids being THAT much older than them (unless there was good reason). Now my kid, who is following the age guidelines, is going to feel short or possibly behind in someway, when really they should be within the standard of normal. Older kids in the class also change the teachers expectations of normal, and therefore DO affect others!

It is everyone business, but especially five year old boys (or active girls) who behave in an age appropriate way for five year olds.

A bunch of seven year olds in a kindergarten classroom skews the expectations for behavior, and turns those kids behaving or misbehaving in age appropriate ways and learning at age appropriate paces into problem children or in need of remediation.

If parents hold them out to the point they are going to turn seven during the kindergarten year (the age of many second graders) then the schools need to test them for kindergarten mastery and move them into first grade.

My nephew in New York started THIRD grade at 7 years old as did many of his classmates. The cutoff there is you have to turn 5 by December of your kindergarten year. Since he was born in November he went on time to kinder at age 4 years, 9 months. He started 1st grade at age5, second grade at 6, and was 7 the first three months of school. I think my brother mentioned to get into the gifted kindergarten program you can't redshirt your kid.

[Anonymous]

It is weird in our extended family. My daughter is a year older than her cousin but is an 8 yr old 3rd grader and he is a 7 yr old kindergartener. She wont play with him bcuz she thinks hes a baby learning abcs while shes doing long division. His aunt meanwhile brags abt her genius kindergartener. Too funny!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7 in April or May you mean? Yes, I've heard of this. Crazy, but I've heard of it.

My son will be 8 in May. He's in 1st grade.

We kept him in preschool an extra year & it was the best decision ever.

This just shouldn't be allowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shit. My son is taller than most of the kids in his current class and has a September birthday, so he misses the cutoff for Kindergarten where we live. Should I anticipate that people will talk about him like this when he starts school?

Probably. If it bothers you, you can casually mention his b-day. My DS is 99th percentile for height and even though he has a mid-winter birthday, he's a head taller than a lot of his classmates and people wrongly assume he's red-shirted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7 in April or May you mean? Yes, I've heard of this. Crazy, but I've heard of it.

My son will be 8 in May. He's in 1st grade.

We kept him in preschool an extra year & it was the best decision ever.

This just shouldn't be allowed.

But it is allowed. If you don't like it, lobby your state legislators.