JG00, I have a child who was admitted directly to 1st grade at age 5 and she has an early fall birthday, so very similar to yours. Our school suggested the skip only because she was reading and doing math at late 2nd grade/ early 3rd grade the summer before she turned 5. So essentially, even with the skip she was top of the class. I’m actually very thankful to the school and her teachers for doing that because she continues to be at the top and her confidence has not suffered due to the skip, even if she finds school to be too easy. That said, her writing output (not skill which has always been very mature for her age) did not catch up to grade level till late 3rd grade and mainly because they started using computers to type. Her organizational skill is finally catching up to grade mates in 5th grade. So it is okay to not have all of it at grade level for a skip to succeed as long as you have good and understanding teachers. As you make a decision, know that nothing is set in stone and you can always revisit with school every 6 months to reevaluate as these kiddos do grow exponentially rather than linearly. All the best
