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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone have experience with starting an August child on time to give it a shot, then repeating K?[/quote]

I posted earlier in the thread that we did this.  The extra year helped a lot with social/emotional development and some mild anxiety.  DD is doing great and I have no regrets.[/quote]

I forgot to mention that we didn't start K expecting to repeat. It never occurred to me until the school brought it up and we conferred with the principal and several teachers. I'd have considered redshirting had I really thought DD wasn't ready.[/quote]

Similar story here.  We started my daughter in a private KG, which was a disaster. Pulled her out at 6 weeks and started her in public about 3-4 weeks later.

At the end of public KG her teacher was on the fence with repeating, but said, if for example, you were moving, I'd definitely recommend it.  That sealed the deal for us and she repeated KG with the same teacher. It was not a big deal with classmates/socially.

What we didn't know with my daughter is that she has anxiety - we weren't working with her on it at that time and it overwhelmed her as far as learning and being in a classroom setting.

[b]She was also two months premature[/b] - if she had been born on time she would have missed the cutoff.  She was always less mature than her sister and was perfectly content to remain as "the baby." These are all factors in why she repeated. It has been the best decision for her.  She has several friends that have birthdays close to hers - she's a little older, but not noticeably so.[/quote]

I know a family who recently held a kid back who was extremely premature, had several medical issues at birth, and was much smaller than all classmates--to me these are completely legitimate developmental concerns.  While I generally don't favor redshirting unless recommended by teachers, pediatricians, etc., I may have also done it in similar circumstances.[/quote]

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