LOL, DS now 10 not only didn't skip kindergarten, he did it twice
He was early enterenced in to K at one private Kindergarten. Due to maturity issues and concerns about ADHD, and SPD, we had him do K again at another Kindergarten before putting him in a montessori program for first grade.
While the montessori placement was a disaster, I think the second K program was good for him. He had 2 teachers that really allowed him to progress at his own pace that second year. They let him do his own math workbooks (supplied by me) read chapter books and work on the computer for writing short stories and research science topics.
However, there is no way that he could have sat through the first grade curriculm at age 5. He didn't mangage it at age 6. But I think that was more because the program and teacher were a terrible mismatch for him.
