Mamas of older kids...thoughts

ncbelle

Callum turns 5 in Dec.  Here in NC the K cutoff is September so we hadn't even thought about starting Kindergarten.  We are moving to Connecticut this summer - and apparently the K cutoff is Dec. 31.  So now we have to decide if we hold him a year or go ahead and start.

Academically he is totally ready and I think he is socially ready although it's hard to know as he hasn't been in a big class (he's in a small in home preschool).  I'm not worried about him being the youngest in his class; I always was and it was never a big deal.

What I'm worried about is the complication of the move - that's a big change in and of itself and I'll be working full time for the first time (although with flexible hours and DH will likely SAH for a while or just work nights) so I'm worried starting kindergarten will be too much.  I think you can waive out of the start date and I'm sure it would be no biggie to do so. 

So just curious....WWYD? 

ncbelle

He's super easy going but then again we've never been faced with changes this big!  I'm hoping we will be able to move earlier in the summer so that he can have more time to adjust but depends on when our house sells.

 

litzo27

We are in CT and my son turns 5 at the end of August. We are not holding back and none of the kids in his preschool, even those with late fall birthdays are going to be redshirted. I would start K if I were you why go through two changes: to a new presch

frlcb

I would send him, I agree with the pp who said he would be transitioning to a new school regardless (preschool) so I would get him set up in the school he will be in for 6 years or however long. But I am hugely against redshirting for age reasons only.

Angela814

I'm generally not a fan of red shirting, but I also think that a December cut off is way too late. I just think logically it doesn't make any sense. To me, kindergarten starts at 5 years for a reason, and there is still a huge difference between a 4.5 yo

webMistress0609

litzo27:

We are in CT and my son turns 5 at the end of August. We are not holding back and none of the kids in his preschool,

ncbelle

Right now he's only in a half day preschool 3 days a week.  He does really love it and asks to go everyday - ha! - but that's still very different from the reality of doing that.  

I almost feel like part of the answer will depend on th

Pickle9909

I get where you are coming from with concern about moving, here in Germany my DS is in Kindergarten and has been since he was two.  His classroom consists of kids up until they leave for what we call 1st grade.  German Kindergartens are Monte