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[quote=Anonymous]My dh and I both started K at 4.  We had November and December birthdays, respectively.  Dh was always an ok student.  I was a very good student, but ended up taking a year off after HS (went to college, got very sick, came home) and I often wonder if I just needed that extra year.  I worked as a nanny, and ended up deciding I wanted to go to college close to home.

My oldest had a March birthday, so it was a no brainer.  He was reading chapter books, really good at math, but socially, I would say he was at/below his peers.

My middle son has a December Birthday.  Incidentally he has some social/emotional developmental delays, and has an IEP.  He was the one I thought really NEEDED the extra year, so was grateful to have the decision made by the 9/30 cutoff.  He has had an amazing K year, almost like what he really needed was the all day structure that K brings him.  Who knows if he was just ready, but he has had an amazing year so far.  His teachers feel that despite his social/emotional delays, he is advanced academically.

My youngest has a 9/24 birthday, so will be just 1 year behind her brother in school.  I know she will always be among the youngest, but, she is leaps and bounds above her brothers socially, and academically will be just fine.

So, I think for me, what I have learned is, I have went with the county mandated cutoffs, and all has turned out just fine.  There is such a wide discrepency of ages in K, really, a December birthday will not even be the youngest, with the # that are red shirting these days.[/quote]

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