Curious what your experience was.
We have a 5 y/o with an August birthday currently in kindergarten. We debated keeping him in pre-k prior to this year starting, but his pre-k teacher thought he was ready, so we went for it. He's the youngest in his class by a couple months, with most kids being several months older. He seems to be catching up on the academic material, but the he's clearly not at the maturity level of the other kids, which is causing some friend issues, or lack of friends. His current teacher said having him repeat might be something to think about.
I kinda feel like the social aspects would even out as the kids get older, but he'd also perpetually be the youngest in his class. Sports aren't really a concern - he'll participate for fun but that's about it.
We have a 5 y/o with an August birthday currently in kindergarten. We debated keeping him in pre-k prior to this year starting, but his pre-k teacher thought he was ready, so we went for it. He's the youngest in his class by a couple months, with most kids being several months older. He seems to be catching up on the academic material, but the he's clearly not at the maturity level of the other kids, which is causing some friend issues, or lack of friends. His current teacher said having him repeat might be something to think about.
I kinda feel like the social aspects would even out as the kids get older, but he'd also perpetually be the youngest in his class. Sports aren't really a concern - he'll participate for fun but that's about it.