For what it is worth... which may be nothing....DS went to K with his age peers for half a way before we pulled him out. The psych who tested his IQ told us "I can't tell you what to do with your son, but I can tell you what not to do. Do not leave him with that teacher for another day."
Said teacher ridiculed him regularly in front of the class because handwriting was sloppy. The kids treated him like a leper because he had such different interests - reading, science, etc.
We homeschooled the rest of K and then skipped first grade.
I guess the morals are -
- skipping first is fairly normal for boys, as Grinity said.
- never check your heart at the door. if the classroom experience seems to be hurting your kid, stop it.
- not every kindergarten teacher is up to handling a gifted kid.
- at 12, DS doesn't remember the pain of kindergarten anymore. <grin>. I take this to mean that even if you screw up, there is hope.
