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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our oldest is currently in kindergarten and far ahead of all classmates in reading and writing, but is average maturity-wise and missed the cutoff by four months.  Nobody was interested in skipping a grade.  But her teacher proposed to send her out to do certain reading and writing instruction with higher grades a few times a week. I don't know if something like that would be possible at your school (ours is a small private).[/quote]

This is a good idea, OP. Our public school had a reading specialist who pulled out advanced readers for special (and fun) projects several times a week, so this is not just something only a private school would do. Ask for this and if it's not available--can you step up and volunteer to start a book club at school, maybe in coordination with the school librarian?

And find out now about whatever advanced academics/gifted programs lie ahead in your school system that your DD could access in coming years. Get to know what makes the program different and how your DD could best take advantage of what it offers.

Unless a child is exceptionally mature, skipping a grade creates issues that may not be apparent until a child is older. A middle or high schooler who is a year younger than peers can really run into pressures and social issues she isn't ready to navigate. Unless multiple teachers and testers were uniformly saying my kid was so far advanced in ALL areas that nothing but skipping would do--I would avoid it and focus instead on using the school gifted program and providing enrichment at home, going to museums, doing reading-related fun activities in summer, etc. [/quote]

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