Hey Grinity,
You probably know our story by now so I wont rehash it but... here's what I've come to appreciate:
* grade skipping has been better for us to do in the early years. Yes, there's some "HOW old is she?" stuff to deal with, but it's all pretty minor. If your child can already read, sitting through a letter a week in kindy/pre-primary/year 1 is pretty torturous.
* grade skipping is pretty treacherous in the tween/upper primary years because of socialisation/sexualisation issues. It was hard for DD 8 to have any street cred among 10-13 year olds when she wasn't allowed to watch M rated movies, watch video hits and generally wasn't up with all the latest goss on TV shows.
So... I reckon skip early during lower primary and then find an alternate path later on (sideways moves, homeschooling, etc.) The caveat to all this though is that I now have come to believe that early entry isn't preferable. All things being perfect, I now appreciate that it may be best to delay entry to school as long as possible...
jojo
