Question to all. Did your early elementary kids actually know of the concept of grade skipping and asked for it. Or is this a question you posed to them before you approached the school?
We explained both early entry and grade skipping. DS understood that he was allowed early into the preschool's K pullout (3-6 classroom) but needed the grade school principals approval for early entry into first to make the grade skip official, and he very much wanted the early entry. He showed exemplary behaviour to the principal when he came in for a trial day!
We have kept casually mentioning that sometimes kids skip grades when the higher grade might be a better fit, but until recently have discussed the possibility of another grade skip only with teachers. With the school psych observing and assessing DS, so much control was out of our hands I wanted to get a very clear opinion on what DS wanted before initiating the process.
