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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My kid is only three, but their preschool is already talking about kindergarten readiness, and as they decide classrooms for next year the administrators asked some questions about our kindergarten plans. I had never heard of redshirting before, but my kid  was born in early August. We live in Alexandria if that makes a difference. Sorry if this is all very obvious to everyone else but I am a first-time parent and I wasn’t sure about the logistics of this.   It sounds like I can just choose whether to put my child in kindergarten right after he turns five or wait and do it right after he turns six, right? So far he is a little small for his age and tends to be very active and fidgety. I could see where giving him an extra year to mature and get a little bit more impulse control would probably make sitting at a desk for longer stretches a lot easier  for him.  On the other hand, he tends to do better with older kids, so it might be that he’d be happier  as the youngest kid in the class versus being one of the older ones. I would love to hear perspectives and general information about how people make this decision so that I have some time to ponder and keep track of what’s happening with him. [/quote]

If your kid does better with older kids, keep them with older kids and make a decision later to see how he is doing.

There is no reason to continue the race to the bottom by dumbing down or stunting kids by having them be artificially the oldest in academic or athletic settings.[/quote]

+1.

OP - what 3 year olds aren't very active and fidgety?  When my DS was 3, the preschool he was in did an evaluation of each kid and then painted this scary picture of poor fine motor skills and it'll be so much work to get him where he needs to be.  We changed preschools the following year (not based on that) and [i]that[/i] preschool urged me to have DS tested to start kindergarten early (mid-Sept. bday), they felt he was ready, hungry to learn, and we should take advantage of it.

I wouldn't be thrilled with a preschool evaluting 3 yr olds on readiness for kindergarten.  So much can change in a year and I don't think a fair number of preschool administrators are qualified to make the call in the first place.  Both of our preschools were highly regarded, which one was I to believe in their evaluations of our son?
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