You have to look at each child individually and decide what is best at the time. This feels right for her so go with it. My dd1 is a feb baby and turned 5 at the start of her first year at school, some kids in her class are over a year older than her, some the year below her are older than her so there is a big spread. The older grades are composites at our school anyway so she always has kids older and younger than her in her classes.
Nope not at all. DD's bday is april. She would have coped going to school last year. But dh and I didn't want her to just cope, we want her to excel. Now being a year older and more mentally and emotionall mature, realise what a really great decision it was. Not just for now, but also for when she's older. I also wanted to give her that extra year free from responsibility, and to be a 'baby' a little longer.
It's a tricky one but i think you may have made the right decision, that extra time with you at home could prove to help immensely especially if you feel she is still a little clingy.
I'm struggling to figure out what i'll do with DD also, i held my two boys back and i know it's been the best thing for them, i can see my evidence with both of them. DD is a confident little one who is really quite clever even still i thought i wanted to do as i did for the boys with her too. But speaking to a teacher friend she suggests not to in my particular case. This would mean DD would turn 5 in the Dec and begin Prep (Vic) the year later in Jan. Meaning she'll be more than likely one of the last ones to have a birthday in amongst the friends she makes. I'm not sure if what she is showing us now has a lot to do with her brothers being around and if things would change in her own space. I want her to be socially and emotionally strong, i wasnt and i want her experience to be different.
The challenge is trying to figure this out probably way before we need to be and with the ture signs maybe not showing as yet, but with waiting lists and times lines of when to enrol you have to be well organised.
Can i just sneak in a question too?? Olive would you say your DD who will begin at 6 is a confident little one or a little more on the quieter side?
I have never regretted holding Kameron back. It was on the kindy's (Veronica) advice at the time that he stay an extra 6mths in Kindy to do a full 18mths of reception. He is now 11 and moving into Year 5 (technically should be year 6). He is still really bad at spelling so I am glad we've got another 2 years of primary school to try and sort it out. At our school they graduate in year 6 and move to middle school (7,8,9) I would hate to think of him moving into middle school with his spelling like it is.
EJ DD certainly isn't quiet lol, socially she just wasn't ready 12 months ago as an almost 3 year old to start kinder, she defiantly ready now and don't regret holding her back at the age.
DD1 is 6 (nov 06 baby) and ha just completed prep, she is one of the younger ones age else but not maturity/social/academic wise, she has excelled. There were 3 kids tht turned 7 at the end of the year, when most were jousting turning 6, they don't look out of place.
Thanks Olive, DS1 is quite outgoing but i still feel it's been great for him to have that extra year at home, DS2 is a little more timid and is about to begin 3yr old kinder and will turn 4 in March and i definately feel that's worked out best for him but i'm just a little stuck with DD. Late last year i put in a form for her to go into 3yr old in 2015 but i'm now wondering if i should make it 2014, if i do and decide that she's not ready i could get her to do it again maybe!?
I hope we've helped you with your hesitations Beatrix, i didn't mean to hijack in any way
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