Episode 17 - KINDERGARTEN REDSHIRTING

Dr. Gabriela Stein and Discovery Director Dr. Alejandra Livas- Dlott discuss the pros and cons of having students wait an additional year before kindergarten.

KINDERGARTEN REDSHIRTING

Episode 17

UNC Greensboro Professor Dr. Gabriela Stein and Discovery Child Development Center Director Dr. Alejandra Livas- Dlott are back on the podcast to discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of having students wait an additional year before entering kindergarten.

Topics discussed include:

What is redshirting
How common is redshirting
Advantages of redshirting
Potential disadvantages of redshirting
How to make the decision about redshirting
Questions to ask teachers and administrator before making decisions

Hi, and welcome to Episode 17. Kindergarten redshirting. Every year at our school, we have at least a handful of parents be whether or not they should send their five year olds off to kindergarten. Practice of red shirting has become increasingly popular since the 2006 best selling book outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, which highlights the benefits of starting kindergarten later. redshirting is also gaining popularity as kindergarten classrooms have become more focused on academic skills and less on Play decision of or can be difficult. These challenges the unique case, there's research both in favor and against redshirting. To help us work through this dilemma. We have two returning Friends of the podcast, my wife, Dr. Ella hundred leave us a lot, a director at Discovery Child Development Center in Morrisville, North Carolina, and she's also taught preschool kindergarten in first grade. We also have Dr. Gabriela Stein, a professor of psychology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Alright, so welcome back to the show. Dr. Stein and Dr. Leave us a lot.