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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my daughter's birthday is at the end of November. We put her in kinder 3 months before she turned 5. We spent basically all of elementary school trying to figure out what to do with her. She was displeased with kindergarten because it was just playing and "I can do that at home, with all my friends". We left her there thinking it was good for her to learn to socialize with people she didn't like. She was displeased with first grade because "there are kids who can't even READ here!" and we left her there thinking she'd just get a really firm foundation in reading since she'd taught herself two years prior. In second grade it was just "everything is just too easy" and she started getting in trouble. Finally the school started trying to help - they put her in a third grade math class, 3rd grade reading group, and once-a-week special curriculum for advanced kids. It was better, but not enough. At the end of second grade the principal suggested we do the same for third grade and then she skip 4th. That's what she did. She marched right into middle school at almost 9 years old, within a month she was put into 6th grade math, and came home to announce, "I've finally found my people." Her behavior got much better, she got much happier, and I think was finally feeling challenged. She'd spent so many years just being given busy work or asked to help the slower kids, that actually struggling over work was a welcome relief. [b]She is in college now, and we had her take a year off between high school and college. She did a ton of traveling and I think it helped her slow down and enjoy life a bit, and get some solid life experience.[/b][/quote] That's fantastic. I wish I would have done this. I was the youngest in my grade but always at the top of my class. Graduated high school early and went right off to college. I don't wish I had been held back a grade but I do wish I would have taken time in between high school and college to mature a bit more.[/quote]
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