My daughter struggled with frustration and a down spiraling of self esteem in school. But when he was old enough to drive he was one of the few to get his license as a sophmore in high school. My son does not have any ld’s and excelled in school - he was upset with me when he was old enough to understand that he was given the extra year. I talked with the kindergarten teachers at the school he would be going to as well as their teachers at the preschool and they agreed to give them one more year to grow. I held back both my son and daughter - son’s b/d 10-23-85 daughters b/d 11-21-88. It’s much more important that he has the skills necessary to be successful and get off to a good start in school. Why put him in a academically challenging environment if he doesn’t have all the skills he needs to be successful? The 1 year’s time is meaningless, IMO, to the rest of life. I believe a developmental K is probably best for a kid with sensory and motor issues…it is more developmental time that they need. Hindsight being 20/20, even though he was so very far ahead in many areas, I would have kept him back and he was a late May BD. He was by far the best reader in his class with very good verbal skills, but any written work was poor to say the least. As bright as he was/is, K, 1st and 2nd grade were tough. My son is one of the youngest in his class and is the shortest…it really bothers him.Įven though my son was reading in PK4, he had undiagnosed mild sensory issues and poor motor skills. An additional bonus is that as one of the oldest in his class he’ll have size on his side (unless he is on the tall side already). There is an ocean between 6 year old girls and 5 year old boys (not to mention 6 year old girls without issues and 5 year old boys with them!). I think this is even more of an issue with boys because the girls are generally so far ahead maturity-wise. IMO, he is much better off being one of the older in the class than one of the youngest, if not the youngest. You can easily tell him/others that there will be children turning 6 in September and he will just have turned 5. I don’t see any down side to keeping your son back, especially with a late Aug.
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