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[quote=Anonymous][So send your kid to private K and then to first grade.  That way they would have Kindergarten in a smaller setting with more play and recess.  To redshirt you would need to pay for another year of pre K or private K anyway.  Give your child that year in a smaller or possibly more nurturing environment and then send them on time with their age to first grade. [/quote]

This is what we did with our DS, who is now about to turn 6 as Kindergarten ends.  Last year at this time, at the end of preK 4, his teachers were advocating redshirting, sending him to the private's Junior Kindergarten rather than Kindergarten.  He wasn't clicking academically and he was having some social issues, but we weighed all the factors very carefully and chose to have him enter Kindergarten.  A big factor in the decision was who his teacher would be.  Each of DH and I did an observation in the JK and in the K classes.  The Kindergarten teacher impressed us with her attitude, demeanor, sense of humor and communication style.  The JK teacher was a good teacher but we sensed very strongly that the Kindergarten teacher's personality and approach would "click" with him, and we were right.  The small size of the Kindergarten class also has really fostered his growth academically and socially, with a lot of play and recess as the PP noted.   Some of the class did Junior Kindergarten before coming into Kindergarten with him, and they are ahead of him academically (especially the girls) but so what?      [/quote]

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