Submitted by Anonymousa (not verified) on February 26, 2008 - 10:29.
All three of my children have summer birthdays. One in August, one in July and one in September. The first two started school on time (meaning they were 5 not 6 in kindergarten). I plan to start the third one as well in the year he turns 5.
My middle child was academically ahead and bored by kindergarten even though he was the youngest. He was already reading. I cannot imagine what his behavior would have been like (he tends to be mildly disruptive, class clown, when bored) if we had held him. Now, at 6, he is excelling in 1st grade and following the behavior rules.
My daughter who had the August birthday struggled a bit with phonics in kindergarten, but now as a 5th grader reads on a high school level.
Thank God that even if they change the Tennessee cut-off date, my youngest will still be able to start on time at his private school just across the line in Virginia.
Cutoff date for entering kindergarten
Submitted by Anonymousa (not verified) on February 26, 2008 - 10:29.
All three of my children have summer birthdays. One in August, one in July and one in September. The first two started school on time (meaning they were 5 not 6 in kindergarten). I plan to start the third one as well in the year he turns 5.
My middle child was academically ahead and bored by kindergarten even though he was the youngest. He was already reading. I cannot imagine what his behavior would have been like (he tends to be mildly disruptive, class clown, when bored) if we had held him. Now, at 6, he is excelling in 1st grade and following the behavior rules.
My daughter who had the August birthday struggled a bit with phonics in kindergarten, but now as a 5th grader reads on a high school level.
Thank God that even if they change the Tennessee cut-off date, my youngest will still be able to start on time at his private school just across the line in Virginia.