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[quote=Anonymous]My child has the same birthday as yours! and was also small and painfully shy in preschool. We went back and forth about what to do about kindergarten. Her preschool teacher encouraged us to send her on time, for two reasons. 1) She'd be terribly bored doing another year of pre-K when she was on the verge of reading and SO ready for more learning than the preschool could offer, and 2) She was likely always going to be small, so holding her back a year wouldn't mean she'd suddenly be the biggest in her class, and she'd probably always be shy, so another year of preschool wouldn't necessarily manifest in a whole new personality 12 months later.

We sent her on time to kindergarten. The first few months were a little rough, but they are for every new kindergartener. (This child is my middle of three, so we've BTDT many times now.)  Now she's in 6th grade. Yes, she's still small (though not always the smallest in her class!). Yes, she's very young (always the youngest in her class). But she's also at the top of her class academically, has blossomed socially, is a star on a sports team filled with girls who are older and taller, and has had friends from preschool in her class most years at school (which wouldn't have happened if we'd held her back).

We have no regrets about sending her on time. [/quote]

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