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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. Thanks to everyone for their opinions. We already talked to her KG teacher. As per her, she is way ahead at academic level] but she is struggling at social level.[/b] But she recommended to apply for that. I am going to send application for that. Let's see what happens[/quote]

Why on earth would you do this to her? In a few (or one) year the social stuff will be very apparent and she may end up miserable. Just supplement at home.[/quote]

OP, my kid did grade acceleration, so I'm someone who has done it, and had a positive experience with it.

However, I didn't push for it in kindergarten. As we got near end of first grade, teachers recommended skipping second, so met with a team at the school, including psychologist, and group decided it was the best course of action.

So my advice would be... Leave DD in kindergarten for now. As others have said, things will start to ramp up. They will complete assessments and create smaller groups based on kids' levels.

Social skills are one of the most important things about kindergarten, and there is less time for that in first grade, so if DD is not "at K level" but actually behind, then I think you might want to wait.

As my example shows, if you kid continues to be significantly ahead of all other students, you revisit the issue.[/quote]

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