st pauli girl, I look forward to hearing about your kindergarten experience. I think I've told you before, your ds sounds a lot like my dd (just turned 5 a couple of weeks ago). We, too, are going ahead with kindergarten at a gifted school. The class will be divided up into ability groups for both reading and math - so I am very hopeful dd will get the challenge she needs in both of those areas while still being able to work on her very age appropriate writing skills. Fingers crossed! smile