If you had to write up a To-Skip vs. Not-to-Skip list, what would be on that list? For my DS7, had he gone to 1st grade, he would have been absolutely miserable. He skipped to 2nd and it still wasn't enough (his IQ places him at the 99.97 percentile, if those numbers can be trusted at this age). Rather than try to move him up another grade, which maturity-wise he could definitely handle (he's good about playing, interacting with kids older and younger than him), I decided to homeschool for the remainder of the year.
But what will happen if you don't skip? For me, I suspected my son would lose his excitement for learning, become agitated at the lack of challenge and as his violin teacher later observed, start to lose his "spark," become lazy, sloppy... I could go on.
This eventually happened despite the skip, which is why I withdrew him, but I think a skip coupled with appropriate subject-area challenges might have saved the day. Who knows? But since I began reading this board, I've seen a lot of conversations about the "least-worst fit" (hope I'm labeling that right).
I think it's just as important to think about what will happen if you don't skip, just as much as whether it'll work for social reasons, or academic competitions.
Good luck!
