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[quote=Anonymous]I would keep her I. Pre- K — to have a developmentally appropriate, more play-based learning experience.  It sounds like she can work on social skills  enjoy a classroom experience with kids who may be more likely to be her peers, and continue to get academic enrichment from copying her older brother - if she wishes to.  If problems do come up, you can deal with them if and as thy arise.

My bias is that it’s easier to move kids up academically then it is to move them back — while this may be her best opportunity to enjoy an enriched play based classroom environment.  As an older kid, it could be easier to have her move to other classes for specific subjects or give her advanced instruction or homework.  In a few years, if you’re still considering skipping a grade, it can be with her input — which isn’t really possible now.

TLDR: It’s a lot easier to provide advanced academic instruction in a variety of ways, should she need it. It won’t be easy, later on, to provide her with the peer experiences and relaxed, play based experience should you realize in a year or two that she missed out on this by skipping an early grade.

One more piece: young kids don’t often have even academic development. You don’t want her to be a young third grader struggling with social skills and possibly with more structured academic demands. On the other hand, if, after a semester or a year or more she seems academically and socially advanced, you can always revisit the idea os skipping a grade.  You might even investigate schools with mixed grade or mixed aged classes.

Wishing you well with these decisions![/quote]

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