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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is a rising 8th grader. When I was reading this thread, I asked him how he would have felt if we had skipped K for him (he is a kid who went into K as a strong reader). He was horrified, and said that maybe ES would have been okay, but he never would have been able to manage MS a year early. He's right.  He was not organized, mature or motivated enough to manage a rigorous AAP Center when he was 11. An extra year of physical maturity help him too (he wasn't the shortest boy with no body hair). I imagine the same will be true when he starts HS. [/quote]

When is your son's birthday? [/quote]

Mid summer[/quote]

Sorry-- this was me and no coffee yet  :shock:  birthday is mid spring (April)[/quote]
So in your case, had you wanted to enroll him in K one year ahead, he would have been full six months younger than the cut-off date would have required (Sep 30th).  In my case, it would only be THREE WEEKS younger.  Won't you agree that makes a difference?

And my DS wouldn't be skipping K. He would just be having it somewhere else.  And then - if I think he's ready - I might try to place him in first grade. If he isn't, I'm perfectly happy to send him to public K again. [/quote]

I'm sure this would make a difference to some degree, and I don't know how things would have worked out if he was 6 months older obviously.  I will say that, in general, (and your DC could be different) boys are much less emotionally mature than girls, and it can help them a lot to give them the benefit of time for reasons that have nothing to do with intelligence or academics. But mostly, I though it was interesting to hear the perspective of a bright, academically advanced kid. I'm not sure I would have immediately though of middle school transition as an issue, but he is very right.

I would talk to the principal and really listen to what s/he advises. In affluent FCPS schools, they see tons of bright, academically advanced kids, and they have no incentive to place your kid in K if it's a bad fit. And ask them about how they would handle an advanced reader.  It might surprise you how well equipped schools in this area are to deal with this (although I'm sure some schools don't do as well).  But as PP said, this is why all K classes have IAs-- to differentiate instruction. [/quote]

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