He Has a Summer Birthday [electronic resource] : The Kindergarten Entrance Age Dilemma / Sandra Crosser.

Educators commonly recommend that children born during the summer months, especially boys, be given an extra year to mature before entering kindergarten so that they will not suffer from the academic disadvantages of being among the youngest children in a class. Terms such as "academic red-shir...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Crosser, Sandra
Corporate Author:	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998.
Series:	ERIC digest.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Enrollment. Individual Development. Kindergarten. Kindergarten Children. Learning Readiness. Males. Primary Education. School Entrance Age. School Readiness. Student Adjustment. Student Placement.