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"Red Shirting" Should families send their children to kindergarten when they meet the age requirement or wait a year to give them a 'leg up' in kindergarten?

• Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement,A position statement developed by National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education: 2000 Revision and Update
• Ten Keys to Ready Schools
• Readiness for School: A Survey of State Policies and Definitions
• Kindergarten Readiness Checklist, A very basic checklist of skills helpful (but not necessary) for children to have prior to kindergarten.
• Assessing Kindergarten Readiness, From a Head Start perspective
• Info Guide on Kindergarten Readiness and Parent Involvement, from ERIC
• Readiness for Kindergarten
• Will My Child Be Ready for Kindergarten?
• Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten? Helping Parents Decide
• How Can I Tell if My Child Is Ready for Kindergarten?
• Questions Parents Ask: Is My Child Ready, Info on the typical five year old. Does this describe your child?
• Ready Web, Lots of info on getting children ready to learn
• Tools for School: Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten
• When Should A Child Start Learning to Read? Right Away!
• Ready? Or Not? This is a good one with lots of info on the dilemma.
• What Is the Right Age to Start Kindergarten?, Links to other relevant and useful articles

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