If you are the mother or father of a child born in the second half of the year, you will have been able to see how there is a big difference with those children who were born during the first. In these ages, the difference in months between one and the other classmates can be huge.
Well, it seems that in England they have listened to parents and teachers who have asked the same question for years, What if children born in summer could join the classrooms a year later?
As from next year, the parents of those children born between April 1 and August 31 may join the school a year later, so that they can improve this point against what they had to date.
In this way the state leaves the last word in the hands of parents when it comes to schooling their child.
Why this decision?
It is based on different studies that show that children born during the summer and spring months are more likely, up to three times more, to have problems with mathematics and language than those other children born even in September in ahead.
The Education Ministry received reports from teachers throughout the past year showing that 62% of students born during these months had greater learning problems than the rest of their classmates.
Why are these children affected?
According to the researchers, it seems that these children are labeled from the beginning of their school stage as "fighters" and it is already known that when a child is known as the "smart", "the clumsy" and things like that, then it is very Hard to take off that "Saint Benedict."
So if at first it is the children who speak worse and those who have problems with math or reading and we mark them that way, this is how they will continue to grow. That is why it is also very important to help these children in their self-esteem.
So much so, that many English teachers have confessed that they try to plan the birth of their children for the fall. So it seems that some people take it very seriously.
Well, this is like everything, statistics and statistics. I am summer and I was always among the first in class, although I also sister and it is winter.
What do you think, Do you think that entering a year later would be good for your children? Have you noticed differences in learning?
