I've mentioned elsewhere that we skipped our #1 into 1st. The early childhood director, who did the screening, felt that academically it was a strong skip, but that emotionally, #1 was immature, overly-active, and impulsive. We pointed out that all of the behaviors being identified as immaturity would only be amplified by insufficient academic challenge. By September, she had changed her mind, and allowed the skip, which has generally been held to have been a success, except that the school's experience scared them off from allowing #2 to make the same skip. (Probably has nothing to do with the incident of #1 biting a poor unsuspecting classmate--for no obvious reason!)
You know your child best. Some potential young first graders would have been made more unhappy by boredom than by lack of play, while others would be more frustrated by too much seat work.
