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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, the teacher says:
he knows his letters and letter sounds
he can read small words
he can count pass 100
he knows his numbers
he can add two groups of objects again
he loves show and tell
he has an impressive vocabularly
he is highly imaginative
he knows how to button, zipper and cut, but can not close a snap or tie his shoes

he doesn't like to participate in morning circle when they count the days of the school year aloud. He tends to zone off (highly imaginative) or situate himself near a container of toys so that he can touch them during the circle time.
He has good behavior otherwise, is not disruptive and does not fight.
she has noticed that he take things VERY seriously and seems upset when the older kids understand concepts faster than he does (but she says he always right behind the quick learners in his understanding)

she thinks keeping him back will do wonders for his confidence and willingness to try new things (he tends to say No, when asked to do something that might be hard)[/quote]

This sounds like my daughter who also turned six right before the start of 1st grade.  She HATES school.  Wants to wander off and draw, play.  She's a very advanced reader, not so much in math.  I wish we'd kept her in a multi-grade, multi-age classroom where she came from. Then she could progress at her own pace and not feel so singled out.  I have every reason to believe she'll zoom forward in math and other areas in her own time.  That's what happened with reading and writing.  She went from being a very early beginner in the summer to extremely proficient by the end of summer.  I also progressed in fits and starts like this at the beginning of school, and was in a multi-age/grade classroom until 4th grade.  Then spent a year in public school in the 'middle' level reading and math groups before someone said: put in her in gifted.  Where I did very well.

It just took me longer.  I think I I'd been held back a year, I'd have been very, very bored.

The environment matters.  Again, I do really wish we'd kept her in a different school.  The public school classroom wasn't really right for her this year.[/quote]

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