Did You Test Your Child for Early Admission to K--just Missed Cut off Date??

in lots of school districts they won't even let you take the test at all anymore. I had a daycare boy that missed the cut off by 3 weeks. He was reading for my by Christmas. His mom looked into private kindergarten - if it's an accredited kindergarten and he finishes there then they have to let him enter 1st grade the next year - but all of them were over $200 a week for the kindergarten.

Such a diffucult issue, but w/ him being a boy....(I have two boys, one will be five in Feb, and the other is 10 and in the gifted program @ school ) I would wait. Like the teacher above stated, it's more the maturity. Boys grow slower than girls, and mature slower emotionally. That's great that he's smart, and can hold conversations w/ adults, but he needs to be able to hold his own w/ kids his own age too! My 10 year old was very smart academically, but a little behind emotionally, as he didn't "hang" w/ kids his own age when he was that age! Very good boy, but kept to himself alot!! He's now doing AWESOME, and came into his own w/ friends, which started in 3rd grade!! It's so easy to keep your gifted children stimulated at home! Museums, zoo, movies, novels, etc!! However, it's hard for them if they are not mature enough to be w/ kids a year older.....Good Luck!!

I am in a similar situation, although with a girl. I have a daughter born on 9/08 and WI has a deadline of 9/01. I just have a hard time with the reason that "she would be left behind" or hearing the "failure rates" of those children who are younger. Really, is a child who is born on 8/31 or on 9/1 so much more cognitively superior to my child born just 7 days later? It's very difficult for me to accept the fact that parents can CHOOSE to WAIT a year (see the answers below) if they "believe" their child needs it, but the same parents who believe their child is ready for admission, but miss the deadline by a few days or weeks, are told no. If one can choose to wait, one should also be able to choose to admit early. I would have a better time accepting this if parents were told the rules are 9/1 through 8/31, with no exceptions, (no delaying your child, no early admissions...)

Rather than just the negative answers below (wait, wait, wait) can anyone offer ideas as to HOW to get a teacher or district to accept an early admission?

My daughter's b-day isn't untill December, and I put her in private school so she could start kindrrgarden. Now in 4th grade,(now in public school) doing great. I would recommend doing it, especially with the 2nd kid being bored in school.

Coming from a family of teachers, it is not that the child is smart, it is do they have the fine motor skills and the maturity level. Can they hold a pencil to write and sit still for periods of time. All children are different. I have 3 boys and they were raised the same and are all different. Boys especially lack the maturity that girls have at an early age. My boys have July, August, and September birthdays. I held them and I am very happy for my decision.