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[quote=Anonymous]My dd (not oldest or youngest in her class) was doing basic reading before starting kindergarten.  The teacher was good about assessing and making sure dd was challenged in reading.  I could really see the growth.  My dd was not ahead in math, so she needed what she learned in kindergarten to be on grade level at the end of the year.  The other thing about reading is around 2nd grade it gets tougher.  Even if your kid is great at decoding, there is more emphasis on both reading comprehension and writing about plot, summary, main idea, giving supporting examples etc.  I found my kids didn't move as fast with reading levels once they got to 2nd grade.

I had one daughter test in early (fall birthday) and in her situation she has been in preschool with older kids and was holding her own socially and her verbal skills and verbal reasoning was right there at the top of the kids in her class.  I didn't want to put her back a year when we moved preschools.  We also started to see if you didn't keep her engaged she could be talkative/lose focus.   There was some other things we were looking at with how she behaved with younger kids and older kids and felt socially for several reasons it would work out better with her being in the class with older kids but having opportunities to interact with younger kids.  It's really hard to know how things will turn out but I think if you have any doubts about moving ahead, don't do it.  I've known several people that have moved their kid ahead and like someone else said they looked at the personality, maturity, social skills, as well as the academics and felt confident of the decision and have not looked back.

Good luck.[/quote]

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