Hi Everyone,

DS5 will start first grade late in August at his small private school. His school combines grades 1&2 and 3&4, so he'll be in a multi-age class of 11 or 12 total kids. It's a great fit for him. Even though he was only 4 when he started kindergarten last year, some of his best friends at school were in first grade; this year they'll be classmates. The school develops an individualized curriculum for each student in all core subjects, so age isn't determinative of academics, and DS can get 5th grade language arts instruction and third grade math as a five year old in a class of first and second graders, many of whom are also working several grades ahead. I just hope DS likes his teacher, because he'll have her for the next two years!