DS6 will start 2nd grade in a 1st/2nd multi-age class in a couple of weeks. Over the summer, he's become good friends with some of the 3rd and 4th graders in the class above him, and he just recently stated that he wished he could skip a grade to be closer to them. I've never heard anything like this come out of his mouth before (and he has no idea he's already essentially skipped a grade by starting a year early), so I was pretty shocked. His school has always done a great job of meeting his academic needs regardless of what "grade" he's in (he received 4th grade language arts curriculum in 1st), so I've never seen a need for another skip, but now that he's raised the issue for social reasons, I'm beginning to wonder if it won't be necessary again at some point, even within this school. Promises to be an interesting year.