The Parent Yap
Fall Birthdays and Kindergarten Admission: An Early Disadvantage, or a Later Advantage?
In Wakefield, the age cutoff is Aug. 31st, leaving many children with fall birthdays to repeat another year of pre-school. Is it time for Wakefield to re-visit its policy on kindergarten admission?
Holly DeSouza I realize every mother is supposed to think their kid is brilliant. I am no exception – well, with the obvious exception that my four-year-old IS brilliant. Don’t fight me on it. You won’t win. All moments not grounded in reality aside, I do not feel my child is a genius. I do know she is a social and smart four-year-old who is days away (literally) from turning five. She has been enrolled in school and various activities which exercise both sides of her brain since she was seven months old. She has her moments where she exhibits typical weaknesses that each and every young child has (temper tantrums, battle of the wills, etc.) but she is no worse than the average kid. In fact, I will go so far as to say she excels for her …
Melisa Passanisi Thorne
1:47 pm on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Great topic As mother of a child with a 9/4 birthday, I can see the cut-off being so unreasonable. Especially if the child has been in full time preschool. Many preschool programs have excellent cirriculums where children are exposed to early reading and math exercises and many come out of preschool very well prepared for Kindergarten. I wish schools would take that into account as part of their … more ›