I'm in a similar situation--grade skipping. My daughter will be 5 in Oct and the cut-off in our state is Sept 1st. My daughter was recently given an IQ test for early entrance into Kindergarten. She tested in the 99th percentile. We are now trying to decide if we should put her into 1st grade and have her skip kindergarten altogether. She is capable of doing at minimum 2nd grade work in math and reading, she is probably reading at the 5th/6th grade level based on a reading program she is doing.
My problem is my daugther could play all day and occasionally she'll initiate some academic work. Yet, she picks it up without even trying. Should we move her up to challenge her or let her continue to play some more in Kindergarten?
