我女儿是9月初生的，有任何方法能让她早入学一年吗？主要是幼儿园小朋友都在一起玩，然后其他小朋友都要上学了，然后她还要再等一年，觉得她被left out了，另外女孩心智发育早，我觉得早上学挺好的，可以我没有能在8月底把她生出来:’(
申请学校时候要看birth certificate的，就算可以提早上学你以后可能会觉得不一定是正确的决定。
小孩差别几个月智力发展有非常大的差别，winter child和summer的差别一直要到15，16岁才会消失的，这样来说winter children（特别是9月)在以后考中学等都各种考试都占优势，还有人是故意计划生winter children的。
晚一年不是挺好的吗，幼儿园强度没有小学大啊。我儿子7月底生的，感觉刚满4岁就要上小学了，现在他上整天的幼儿园，回来都累的眨眼就睡着了。真觉得孩子太小了，很想让他晚一年去呢。
有这么大差别吗？我就是觉得现在和我女儿一起玩的很好的小朋友都是比她早一年上学，另外我可能是国内的老观念，当时在国内上学的时候总觉得年纪小的女生好像特别有心理优势，不知道为什么？可能是我自己的心理问题:(
现在的我 发表于 2014-4-2 21:52
在英国迟一年上学比早一年上学好啊。如果你的娃想考好大学的话。
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为什么迟一年上学会上好大学？仔细说说:D 让我也安安心
我女儿超级精神啊，虽然有时候感觉她也是累了，可是就是挣扎着不睡，两岁之后几乎就不睡午觉，白天醒着至少12个小时，晚上睡小于12个小时
IQ测试结果都要经过出生年月加权的。
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Summer-born struggle: Why August children suffer at school
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15490760
With evidence continuing to mount that children born at the beginning of the school year do much better than their younger peers, what can teachers and parents do?
Most people know the rhyme about Monday’s child being fair of face and Tuesday’s child being full of grace.
If somebody was to revamp the rhyme for months, it might read: “September’s child will be a success while August’s child will have all the stress.”
There is a substantial and growing body of evidence to back up the claim that children born in certain months do better at school because they are the oldest in the year.
The best months to be born to ensure your child is physically and emotionally head and shoulders above the rest of the class depends on where you live in the UK.
“Particularly at younger ages, summer-born children are more likely to report being unhappy at school and to have experienced bullying than autumn-born children”
A child’s age on 1 September determines the point of entry in England and Wales, whereas it is 1 July in Northern Ireland. In Scotland, all those born between March of a given year and February of the following year are placed in the same group.
The latest research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) focuses on England and looks at the test scores and happiness levels of August-born children compared with their older, September-born peers.
It found children born in August scored substantially lower in national achievement tests and other measures of cognitive skills.
At the age of seven, they are more than three times as likely to be regarded as “below average” by their teachers in reading, writing and maths.
The subject has been researched for decades and studied in various countries with a cut-off date for admissions, says research economist Ellen Greaves, who co-authored the report.
She says there is a general consensus that the oldest in the year do better than their younger peers, and while the gap shrinks over time, it can persist through to GCSEs and have a long-lasting effect on employment opportunities.
The IFS research showed August-born children were 20% more likely to study for vocational qualifications if they stayed on in education, and 20% less likely to be at a leading university compared with a September-born teenager.
Compulsory education begins at the age of five in England and Wales. The cut-off date of 1 September is the same as the beginning of the school year
Scottish pupils usually start primary school aged five, although there are some younger pupils. All those born between March of a given year and February of the following year are put in the same year group. The Scottish system is more flexible and parents can defer their child’s entry. The school year begins mid-August
In Northern Ireland, a child who is four years old on or before 1 July in any year must start primary school on 1 September that year
Summer-born ‘struggle at school’
This study also considered how month of birth mattered for a child’s well-being.
“It is clear that the consequences of the month in which you were born extend beyond educational attainment. We find evidence that, particularly at younger ages, summer-born children are more likely to report being unhappy at school and to have experienced bullying than autumn-born children,” says Greaves.
The impact of date of birth on test scores is well documented. The August birth penalty is visible in scores at every age for children in English state schools, according to a 2007 IFS report.
Kelly Bedard and Elizabeth Dhuey (2006) provide substantial evidence that these initial maturity differences have long-lasting effects on student performance across a number of OECD countries. And a 2010 study by the Higher Education Policy Institute found 28% of August-born children went to university compared with 32% of those born in September over a six-year period.
Everyone remembers the pupils in school who were the biggest or the brightest, and many people will say that it is simply common sense that the oldest children in the year will be more mature and advanced. But it can also be a matter of confidence.
Most children who are young for their year will be behind their older peers in terms of speech and language, motor abilities and social skills, says Dr Kairen Cullen, from the British Psychological Society.
“It is a steep learning curve at this time of life. A year is a substantial percentage of a child’s life at the age of five.”
Dr Cullen, a former teacher and an August-born child, says while it is not best viewed as a life-long affliction, being the youngest in the year can affect a child’s confidence and self-esteem.
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell noted there were more players in the Canadian national ice hockey league born in January, February and March than any other months.
He says this is because the cut-off for school hockey programmes is 1 Jan and the older pupils, who are physically bigger, tend to be streamed into the elite groups where they get better coaching.
He says you see the same pattern, to an even more extreme degree, in football in Europe and baseball in the US.
A 2005 study of Premiership stars by the Association of Football Statisticians found that out of 1,779 Englishmen to play in the top flight over the past 13 years, more than 40% were born in September, October or November.
Gareth Southgate is a September baby, Wayne Rooney was born in October, and Paul Scholes in November. But David Beckham was born in May.
A 2010 study in Australia analysed the birthdays of professional Australian Football League players and found a disproportionate number were born in the early months of the year. The Australian school year begins in January.
“Those early formative years influence attitudes and expectations about success, academically and socially, and that can possibly stay with an individual.”
Vivian Hill, an educational psychologist at the Institute of Education, says a “disproportionate number of children born in the summer months” are brought to her for help.
She says the way schools are organised means the younger children appear to be struggling when in fact they are where they should be for their age.
“While some do have needs that need to be addressed, for a lot of them it’s simply that they look like they are doing worse than the rest of the class. Developmentally they are eight, nine, 10 months younger and at that age, that’s a big difference.”
She says summer-born children can be typecast as low achievers by their teachers and they can start to view themselves as such.
“It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy,” she adds.
Education expert and former teacher Chris Waterman says it is a fact of life that the youngest in any group will be the most vulnerable.
“If you are the runt of the litter, then you will be picked on and bullied a bit. You are not form captain and you don’t get in the first year football team.”
There will of course be many high-achieving summer-born people who buck the trend, and Sir Chris Woodhead says it is “dangerous” to assume that it applies to every child.
The former chief inspector of schools in England expressed his doubts over the study’s findings that the youngest pupils were more unhappy in the early years of school.
“Our current pre-occupation with happiness and well-being is stupid and is likely to lead to further under-achievement because real learning involves challenge, difficulty and unhappiness.”
Unhappiness is part and parcel of the learning experience, he says.
“I don’t want kids to be desperately miserable but we don’t want them to be complacent and self-satisfied all the time. If kids are always completely confident and comfortable, they aren’t going to make much progress.”
Early confidence can translate into long-term advantage The month of birth issue is clearly important for educationalists and parents, but it does not seem to attract much wider attention. The focus often tends to be on other factors such as the impact of poverty, place of birth or parental background on educational attainment.
So what can be done to ameliorate this month bias?
Early years specialist Dr David Whitebread, from the University of Cambridge, says one possible solution would be to increase the age at which children start school.
Children in the UK start school much earlier than most of their European counterparts. Dr Whitebread says research has shown that the later children start formal education, the less marked the month effect is.
“In countries where they start a year older than the UK, the month effect is less marked and in countries where they start as late as seven, it completely washes out.”
If children are kept playing in kindergarten until the age of six or seven, they are better equipped to cope with formal education, he adds.
Sir Chris says it does not require government intervention but is a matter for individual teachers to recognise the needs of individual children and plan their education accordingly.
Other solutions include differentiating the curriculum, accounting for age in exams, and greater flexibility to keep the youngest children back a year.
Waterman says other than everyone giving birth in September, the status quo is unlikely to change. He says the ultimate responsibility lies with the teachers.
“Teachers should be sympathetic to the fact that these kids are young and need time to grow up.”
现在的我 发表于 2014-4-2 21:52
在英国迟一年上学比早一年上学好啊。如果你的娃想考好大学的话。
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也不一定。我lg和他哥哥，一个7月，一个8月。都去剑桥了。。。
但坏处的确多。比如，我lg总觉得自己小只，尼玛190cm。。。然后上学怕别人欺负他。还有神马不受女生喜欢。
那是国内啊。我就是早上一年学。其实不好。我觉得成绩倒是没影响，但是心智都比别人晚。搞得我神马都走弯路，绕好大圈子才回正轨。。。而且尼玛我本来就不高，又早上，结果更tmd的矮。幸好中国不兴欺负同学一说，而且我又脾气坏。
我听人说，如果你是9月初啦啥的，如果去私利小学，人家不会太计较。我也只是听一个人这么说。她儿子去了私立，据说是提前去的pre school。而且她儿子是9月中旬还是9月底生的。
statistics only works for big number:cn10:
嗯。我只是说我身边的例子啦。就是说生早了的别担心，生晚了的也别操心。各有利弊。
话说大哥你不去接孩子啊？都这点儿了。
除了智商很高的，早上学其实跟不上，迷迷糊糊的，而且本来英国上学就够早的了
I am an old man.
私校可以的，只要孩子跟得上，老师就能同意跳级。
我朋友的孩子是11月生日，整整提前了15个月呢
可怜了我八月生的二宝，四岁就要上学
英国4，5岁上学，大学学制还这么短，25岁前就能把博士读完
我怎么觉得女生心智成熟的早反而会影响学习，当然我是说到了中学以后，我在国内的感觉是好多女生原来成绩不错，长大了就滑下来了，因为心思不在了:(
我感觉我们送孩子私立比较吃力啊，我们也纠结了是不是送私利的问题，但是看到了有个帖子说纠结就代表没实力送，我家附近有一个outstanding的小学，另外两个是good，我就希望能申请到outstanding的那个呢，不知道能不能拿到位置，估计不上私校就不可能早上学了
你要是怕女孩大了乱动心思，上中学的时候上女校不就行了。其实只要在一个好的生活和学校环境你担心的问题都不存在，英国不管是gcse和a lavel，成绩都是女生好，现在中国高考也是女生比男生好。