I'm hesitant to move him to second grade because of his social difficulties. Has anyone else encountered this?
Yes! My personal recommendation is to homeschool through this time of asynchronous skills (maturity/academics) OR look at school as social time and do challenge school on the weekends. OR, beg the school to do a single-subject skip. Then, when things start to sync -- and they do most of the time -- you can work on a grade skip.
I think sometimes kids who are out of sync, will even out--maybe by 9 or 10. At that point, the grade skip is easy. But putting a kid who is delayed in one area into a skip can cause MORE social problems.
Hope this helps.
