This makes me wish we weren't moving until the summer--then I might do just that. But I think socially the transition from the tiny (14 kids in 4th/5th grade class) school to the 800 student school might make the transition to the gigantic middle school easier in the fall. I think the one year skip might be great. I wonder if the current school would declare her a 6th grader? And what do I do with her this spring? The current plan is to have the kids start school the first wek of March. don't say homeschool...haha! I guess I should also really look at the IAS?
OK--will not procrastinate or be a perfectionist about the DYS app. And I will keep that in mind about the wilderness! (actually--that explains a lot--about both of us, I think, lol!)
Thanks ya'll! This forum is truly a marvelous place.
Ok...now I got the picture.
Ask the school to declare the skip now and make her an official 6th grader.
See if the school will continue to teach her long distance after the move or atleast provide you with curriculum packets. Or just let her relax and help you with getting settled in.
OK so you can say that you and she are doing a homeschooling unit on interior design or household management. Go wide indeed!
Stop worrying about the transition to the large school. It might stink but it isn't worth lossing a needed skip over. You can take her to a local large city and teach her the local transit system or make her navigate a new mall or museam. Maybe the target school has summer classes or camp that she can do to familiarize herself with the physical layout.
I don't think that she has NVLD, Nonverbal learning disorder, but it is possible that reading up on it would give you and her a few useful tips on how to negotiate the world. I see it as more of a Xena/Gabrielle sort of difference in problem solving....It always made me laugh to see that sometimes the verbal way of problem solving works the best even in an action drama.
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