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[quote=Anonymous]I talked to our school principal and teacher when my son was entering.  Our preschool teacher said he was at a second grade level and should possibly skip K.   The school was not hip on that idea but they were very friendly and receptive to my concerns over keeping him challenged and progressing.  However they were more concerned about emotional and social development of kids and since my son was at age level there they wouldn't support skipping.  Anyway we had a half day kindergarten at the time and so as you might guess he didn't get differentiated.  He got pulled out by the gifted teacher we shared with like four schools a couple times a month.  We continue to do about a half hour of work at home each night just to keep him learning new things but while math and reading were so far below him I'd say the social stidies and sciences were new for him - like I never taught him about Betsy Ross etc- so that part was good for him.  But he had a great year Anyway.  In 1st grade again I was disappointed in the differentiation but he did grow socially and liked school.  There really wasn't time for much enrichment at home after a full day at school but we kept him reading.  In second grade we finally got differentiation and he was in aap for third- which was great.  There are usually like five other kids in a class in the same boat-way ahead of curriculum and I think in retrospect it was the right decision to keep him with peers-age wise.  He is happy and growing and excelling and I have a friend who did skip their son who was very young anyway and now he is like two years younger than everyone else and it's a little off- like an 8 year old where the other kids are pretending to date.  The social growth is pretty standard among kids and if you jump them ahead you may not like how fast they grow up.  I'm also glad as the years go by so quickly that i will have my child around an extra year! [/quote]

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