Grinity,

Just curious... shocked in what way? In terms of what they cover related to what our son may already know? Or in terms that they do get into more details that we're picking up from the published circulum?

We received a call from DS's preschool teacher which prompted us to check the local elementary circulum. From what we can tell he's well beyond what they'll cover in reading in math for the first couple of years. (For example, night time reading is reading 2 pages of Harry Potter and then he reads 2 paragraphs to me. His math skills are similarly advanced). During his first preschool year he was very quiet. His teacher would tell us that DS "doesn't say much, but when he does, it's profound." This year he's really come out of his shell and his teacher says that socially he's very well adjusted and plays just like everyone else.

I think we're relatively lucky in that DS seems to adapt pretty well and relatively speaking emotionally mature for his age. Our neighbor has a 7 year old (2 years older) who he plays with like a peer. He doesn't like to dwell too much on mastered concepts. He doesn't rebel, just doesn't show interest.

Skipping 1st would be an option we'd consider but we wondering if that's a better choice because he'd have some friends he'd leave behind.

Of course all of this is dependent on talking with the school district. We're still in the early stages, but we hope to sit down with them by the end of May.

JB