The book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell suggests that there is an advantage to being older vs. younger when it comes to success in school. My personal experience and observation supports this in most cases as well. For example, my niece and nephew were summer babies who were held back a year. They are already 18 in their senior year of high school, high achieving, honor roll, lots of friends....very successful by all counts.
My own daughter is an October baby. she is the oldest in her class at pre-school. Most of the kids are still 3, she is already 4. So far, no regrets on this decision (which was made for be based on the September cut date). Amy > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > From: tcoh...@aol.com > Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:52:45 -0500 > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten entrance age > > My child is in kindergarten and just turned four and it was a really hard > adjustment for her. The first two months it was really hard. All of a sudden > though she loves it. She is doing really well in every area except fine > motor. I was held back for the same fine motor stuff. It was a disaster for > me when I was in 5th grade to be a year older than everyone else. I didn't > want her to go through what I did. I still am not sure I made the right > choice. She is with gigantic 6 year olds. Most private schools require you be > a year older and developmentally it makes sense unless you are the oldest. We > will have to wait and see. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bigstuffs3 <bigstuf...@yahoo.com> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:48 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten entrance age > > > My district did the same thing, but this is only the first (I think...maybe > 2nd) > year since, so no real info yet. > Michele S. > > > _______________________________ > rom: Patrice Dimare <lamm...@aol.com> > o: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > ent: Sun, November 7, 2010 1:08:51 PM > ubject: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten entrance age > Our district is pondering changing the kindergarten entrance age. Currently > we > ave an increasing amount of four year olds. Looking for any research, ideas > hat speak to whether changing the kindergarten entrance age impacts learning > ate, retention or special education referrals going forward. > hanks for any advice/ideas! > _______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > os...@literacyworkshop.org > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > ______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > os...@literacyworkshop.org > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
