[Half Vast Conspiracy]

The list (after clicking through several sites):

1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?

2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?

3. Can you child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?

4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?

5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?

6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?

7. Can he tell left hand from right?

8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend’s home?

9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?

10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as “The boy ran all the way home from the store”?

11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?

12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?

[WildHighlander57]

Here’s where to buy it:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273052.Your_Six_Year_Old

[dalereed]

I was doing all of those and more before I went to kindergarden at age 4.5.

[Reno89519]

Yes, we've changed. Our 7-1/2 year twin boys, born in September, were red-shirted to be on the older side of the their first grade class. Personally too many kids start school too soon. Neither of our guys would have been ready for school last year.

Anyway, the teeth is interesting point. One of the two only now is getting his first loose tooth while the other lost a couple months, seems like nearly a year ago. Trends?

Mine will be hard pressed to trust the policeman. Can they tell the good ones from the bad ones?

The travel alone is a remarkable change. We don't let our guys go out in the yard alone, and we are in a nice, quiet neighborhood at the end of a street. Very different than when I was their age.

Yes, things have changed.