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Old 09-10-2004, 08:29 AM  
ronaldo
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Thoughts on kids skipping grades??

When our daughter went in for her kindergarten assessment yesterday, the teachers mentioned that we should maybe consider letting her go directly into grade one.

While we agree that her older brother doing his homework in front of her has certainly enabled her to achieve some extra knowledge, our concerns are these:

-Maturity level (although she plays well with older kids, she'd STILL be a year younger than everyone)
-IF she doesn't take to it well, then they'd "Hold her back", which could be very devastating to her
-She's used to going to daycare, but not school and we're not sure how she'd react to a FULL day of learning as opposed to only HALF a day
-Our son's perception that she's smarter than he is.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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