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Don't look for a county with a cut off date of Nov 30 because you think your child is bright or because you don't want to pay for day care.
I graduated HS at 16 and started college just turning 17. While I did fine in elementary school because I stayed in a class with other children in the same situation (able to skip a grade because we were "smart"). In HS we were combined with all the students so many were a year old, things started to change we weren't so smart and in many ways immature. I did ok because there were still many in the same situation. College it started to show even more because there was no one as young as I was.
My husband lived in a town where the cut off was late. To this day his mother says how wrong that was. Of course that was a different time when parents sent their kids to school at 4. Today most parents give their children the extra year. Meaning your child will be going to school with children a year older.
My cousin lived in a town with a late cut off. After kindergarten her teacher recommended she repeat K her mother refused. She struggled.
The problem is you never know how it will affect your child further down the road. It could be a question of does your child go to college or not.
As a former pre-school teacher we recommended most children with a late birthday not start school and take the extra year.
Read up before you decide there are books out their.
Our cutoff is October 15th not a day later,no petition, no test, no exceptions. Our 4 year old has to wait another year too. We have her in the most highly regarded Pre K program in the area and her teacher tells us that she is not only the smartest kid in the class but also the most mature. She said she is not just ready for Kindergarten but she would easily be at the top of the class, she even went s far as to recommend private school. We are still keeping her in preschool another year.
You will find many parents hold their child (especially boys) back a year. I was shocked when I found out 95% of the boys at my son's school were a year older than him.
Don't look for a county with a cut off date of Nov 30 because you think your child is bright or because you don't want to pay for day care.
I graduated HS at 16 and started college just turning 17. While I did fine in elementary school because I stayed in a class with other children in the same situation (able to skip a grade because we were "smart"). In HS we were combined with all the students so many were a year old, things started to change we weren't so smart and in many ways immature. I did ok because there were still many in the same situation. College it started to show even more because there was no one as young as I was.
My husband lived in a town where the cut off was late. To this day his mother says how wrong that was. Of course that was a different time when parents sent their kids to school at 4. Today most parents give their children the extra year. Meaning your child will be going to school with children a year older.
My cousin lived in a town with a late cut off. After kindergarten her teacher recommended she repeat K her mother refused. She struggled.
The problem is you never know how it will affect your child further down the road. It could be a question of does your child go to college or not.
As a former pre-school teacher we recommended most children with a late birthday not start school and take the extra year.
Read up before you decide there are books out their.
Individual school districts set cut-off dates, basically for 6 yr olds. Believe it or not, Kindergarten is not mandatory in NJ. Those districts which offer it, base age on the 6 yr old cut-off date, and many private schools in their districts follow that standard - though they are not required to.
[quote=tdstyles;33019621]Our cutoff is October 15th not a day later,no petition, no test, no exceptions. Our 4 year old has to wait another year too. We have her in the most highly regarded Pre K program in the area and her teacher tells us that she is not only the smartest kid in the class but also the most mature. She said she is not just ready for Kindergarten but she would easily be at the top of the class, she even went s far as to recommend private school. We are still keeping her in preschool another year.[/quote]
Smart parents. Good for your child. Not always an easy decision when you have teachers telling you how smart your child is.
If your kid is smart enough, let him go. I am so thankful that we started my son (September birthday) when he was 4. He started at UCLA this year. Obviously that is an n of 1, but most of his friends at college are on the young side. If your kid is smart, holding them back will lead to bad habits if they are on the older side on top of being smart.
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