Possiblity of repeating a grade due to maturity level?

June 7, 2007

I know it has been a terribly long time since I have posted. But I do

check in and read the posts from time to time. I am having a very

difficult day today and was wondering if any of you have been faced

with this with your charge children. My daughter Emma is currently in

grade two. She has had some adaptations to her academics, but is doing

quite well. She is considered to be at about mid grade two level.

After being at the school for her IPP evalution for Grade 3 and being

told Emma's aid time will be cut next year due to school cut backs and

since she has made such remarkable improvements blah blah. Anyhow, I

spoke with her grade 2 teacher regarding Sylvan learning for Emma to

see if this would help her prepare for grade 3. She felt this would

probably be okay, but then proceeded to ask how I would feel about

holding Emma back due to her maturity level. She feels Emma is

beginning to show signs of struggling to relate with the other girls in

her class. If she was to be held back she would be placed in a grade

one/two spilt. How is this going to help her maturity level if she is

going to be with children that much younger than her. I do belive Emma

is somewhat immature for her age, but she spends alot of time in our

home environment and plays with her twin brothers who are 4. Any

advice on this would be greatly apprecitated.

TIA

Sandi McKerie, mom to 9, Emma 8, Twins and Clay 4 and wife

to Colin. Estevan, Saskatchewan Canada.

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