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[quote=Anonymous]I'm interested to see how this plays out for my son. His birthday is in September and he will start K in a few weeks. Some of his pre-school teachers encouraged us to have him tested for early entrance because they thought he was academically ready. I chose not to because I felt like he needed more time to develop socially and emotionally. I am an elementary teacher and see what's expected of kids in K. I feel like during this "extra" year he has grown a lot socially and emotionally and he is a much more confident kid.  I feel like he's truly ready, whereas if he had been born in August and started K last year it would have been more of a struggle for him in those areas.

I have a late August birthday and my parents started me on time so I was always one of the youngest. I feel like it worked out fine for me but back then K was half day and was more about learning how to be in a classroom and learning letters and numbers. I remember a lot of outside play and free choice time, even in a half day program. Now K is basically like what first grade was back when I attended. [/quote]

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