According to Superpages , an online source of local information from across the country, a total of 32 states in the United States require that a child be 5 years old on or before September 1 in the year he or she starts kindergarten, with 11 states having a cutoff date between September 1 and October There are also 7 states that offer local schools the option set their own required dates for when children should start school.
You can start by finding your state's rules here , but it's still worth a call to your school district's office as these rules can change.
You can also find out if special exceptions can be granted by the school principal, as was the case for one of the moms Parents interviewed. Will you be as happy with your decision, whichever way you lean, when your child enters older grades? I admit, I didn't love the thought of my daughter being a youngin' in, say, fifth grade with redshirted boys who are a year and then some older, or sending my year-old baby off to college. On the flip side, there could have been some downsides to holding her back: After talking to a couple of parents of teens, I wasn't crazy about the thought of her getting a driver's license at the beginning of junior year of high school, a potential distraction during a crucial academic year for college.
Some parents interviewed agreed with their teachers' assessments that another year of preschool would help, whether with developing fine motor skills or confidence or maturity. Others felt that these weren't necessarily good enough reasons to delay kindergarten, and were glad they trusted their own instincts that their kids were ready enough. State regulations aside, your child's mere age doesn't need to be the sole qualifier for whether he or she should begin kindergarten or wait another year.
Elizabeth Matheis, a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist. They suggest outside activities and timers.
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Health Conditions Discover Plan Connect. When Do Kids Start Kindergarten? Guidelines and Readiness. Medically reviewed by Karen Gill, M. When do kids start kindergarten? What reasons affect the age kids should start kindergarten? So how old are kindergarteners, ideally? Many children have the social, physical, and rudimentary academic skills necessary to start kindergarten by 5 or 6, but for kids who are born just before the cut-off date or who are experiencing a slight delay, it may be better to wait a year.
Kathryn Garforth. Garforth has a Ph. If the child will continue to do what they have done before with no additional support to help prepare them for kindergarten, then delaying entry is likely not the right option. Now, she thinks her year-old son is on a par with his fifth grade peers emotionally.
In kindergarten, they told her, there are a lot of three-step processes, such as get a piece of paper, draw a shape on it, then cut out the shape. After an assessment, Poppink Hirshland learned valuable information about her bright daughter, who grew leaps and bounds thanks to occupational therapy. Now, 6-year-old Delilah is thriving in kindergarten.
She was sold, and asked to have Luke evaluated for the program. Luke scored high and showed no discernable deficiencies. So despite actually being a young 5-year-old, he was deemed ineligible for the program.
Still worried for her son down the road, Nelson made plans with the principal to have Luke take kindergarten twice. Richard Gentry, PhD says the problem is exacerbated by parents failing to prepare their children for reading.
Educational researcher Melodye Bush agrees. What we see is that the earlier you start [kids] learning to read and write, the better. Next: Kindergarten: ready or not. Choosing the wrong college can be bad for mental health. How to talk to your teen about their reach school.
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