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I was five.

I was 4. In Ontario, you have to be turning 4 by Dec. 31 to enroll for kindergarten that year. (I actually think it's nation-wide...Not sure).

I turned 6 right after school started (bane of september birthday!)

I started at 5.

I was 5.

I started at 4 & 9 months. My birthday wasn't until Dec so I just made the cut off to start when the rule was that you had to be 5 by the end of the calendar year... i think

I was 4 when I went to kindergarten, since then the education system has changed in California. Any child going to kindergarten will have to turn 5 before Oct 1 for the school year. Next year, the child will have to turn 5 by Sept 1 in order to attend kindergarten and the date will be permanent. If the child's bday falls after the cut of date, then s/he will attend transitional-kindergarten. Schools are mandated to have this program available to accommodate those students. This law came about because many educators feel that very young students (between 3 and early 5 yrs old) were not developmentally prepared for kindergarten. Also, if you don't know, kindergarten in California is not mandatory so you can have your child skip kindergarten and go to first grade base on age.

I was 4 because my birthday is in Nov and the cutoff was Dec 31. Redshirting has becoming increasingly common these days, so that could be why some kids are 6 years old when they begin Kindergarten.

I can't remember. My mom's a retired kindergarten teacher. She taught 4 and 5 year old kindergarteners. In her school, those were the two ages for each of the classrooms.