Ummm, what?

[pipsqueak]

What is meant by red shirting?

[jmski]

Keeping a child back from kindergarten another year instead of starting when you are allowed. This is sometimes a way to have your child be one of the oldest in the grade to help with sports teams that are based on age.

[mrsbuttinski]

It's the misappropriation of a college sports term that means having an athlete sit out their freshman year in order to play varsity sports for 4 years as a larger, more mature player.

In these parts, it means giving a child (usually a boy, and usually with a late birthday and/or constitutional immaturity) an additional year of preschool before enrolling in kindie. In some high acheiving and competitive communities as well as at private schools, even typical kids with latish birthdays are given "the gift of time" to help them succeed. To be honest, many claim this is about sports, but I have met exactly one child who was redshirted for sports. FTR, he came from a very sporting family and was outstanding in both football and baseball; he played professionally after his full ride in college. It's kind of like knowing a unicorn.

[spooko]

Adding in that it's most common for the summer birthday kids as they'd be the youngest in the class by traditional guidelines.

ETA, I see MrsB was posting more thoroughly at the same time.

[pipsqueak]

So what is it called if you have them repeat K for pretty much the same reason?

[hopecounts]

Repeating kindy

[typeset]

It's what happens when I put too much ketchup on my burger. Worst.

[mrsbuttinski]

Jan 22, 2015 22:14:56 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Repeating kindy

Or in EdSpeak retention.

[akafred]

Failing kindergarten. Or that's what mean kids said in the early 80's.