Our family lives in a suburb of Seattle, WA. The districts around here have very different approaches to skipping grades. Some have full-time gifted programs all through elementary school and do not like grade skipping or early entrance. Our district, however, seems to prefer early entrance or skipping prior to grade 3, and then a pull-out or full-time gifted program from there on. I think this makes sense for most children based on the research I've seen?
The requirement for early entrance is that the child tests at 5 1/2 in 7 areas (academic, social, fine and gross motor skills, etc.). We'll consider this. I'm not sure how it will go. DS3 will be 4 in January and is already "ready" for kindergarten in some areas, but is still 3 when it comes to buttoning his shirt or tying his shoes...
