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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My older son has friends who turned 7 in July and August prior to 1st grade. My child turned 7 after the end of 1st grade.

Summer birthday kids are outliers no matter which way you go. Just do what is best for your kid. If his BD is truly “just before school” aka July / August / September, it should not be an issue.

Where people get all judgy is when kids turn 7 before the end of Kindergarten (March/April/May/sometimes June).
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This, precisely.

OP, you need to compare both options. Yes, if he goes to 1st grade he will be among the oldest (I doubt he'll actually be the oldest because I expect this school likely has a decent number of summer redshirts, which means there will be kids who turned 7 in July and maybe June as well) and there may be some repetition of concepts.

If he goes to 2nd, he will be among the youngest, and there may also be some redshirted kids in class (so kids starting the school year at 8). It will be a transitional year for him since he was previously home schooled. On the other hand, it sounds like academically he'd be right on target.

With a summer birthday and especially in your situation with this being the first formal school environment for him, you need to consider the pluses and minuses of both options, and listen to WHY the school is recommending that he go to 1st grade instead of 2nd. It does not sound like it's an arbitrary recommendation.[/quote]

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