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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am original poster.

We were thinking about last 19 days of school. We know that 1st graders are done with their testing by the end of MAY.
June is for fun and socializing.

More than marriage ceremony, old grand parents  wished to spend some quality time 
with my children. This was more like a family get-together. For my son it meant fun and socializing with family abroad.
However, as any caring parent, I would never put my son's future on the fence by taking him out of school.
That was the only reason why I started this thread to get your advise on this.

BTW, I would have loved to have a high schooler.

Thanks for all your posts.[b] As per teacher's advise, I am not taking him abroad.[/b]

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The teacher told you what to do about your travel plans??  Unless he is significantly behind I don't see why she should advise in your personal family decision.

It's first grade, it's pretty much the end of the school year, I would 100% take him and enjoy time with your extended family.  That in itself is more real life learning than he is going to get sitting in class celebrating end of year parties and whatnot.  I would just have him keep a journal and write his experiences daily.  You guys can still read together and practice math to keep him at level, but that would not take up your entire day.  Read stories at night with the grandparents!  How often does your child get to do that.

It is one thing to pull a child out of school in higher grades, I personally would not from about 3rd grade and above.  But at this age I wouldn't even give it a second thought.  In fact I didn't, my first grader and I went abroad last month for a similar reason and he was finally able to meet so many of his cousins and relatives that he had never met.  He had a blast and he was absolutely fine academically when he returned.  There are some things that you cannot learn in a classroom and some experiences that should not be missed.

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