They don't test kindergarteners, I now learned, they just have the parents rate from 1-5 how well their child is understanding concepts, and also have them turn in their work every month.
We're starting newt week, Yay! I just got all his books and stuff yesterday.
I hadn't asked for any acceleration directly yet, because I hadn't seen what he'd be doing.
but when she showed me the math book, I said something about the math looking really easy for him and she called me up later and asked if I'd like him to just start 1st grade math. I said yes and she said " ok i'll order the books for him, just don't have him write in any of the kinder math books you have".
Anyway, I've been a little afraid about asking for grade skipping, so I was like whew, that was easy.
So then I e-mailed her to see, if we could work at 1st grade level Language arts too, since the books are already included in the language arts kindergarten kit. Problem is his they did test him in that and he tested good, but not nearly at the level i know he's at. So I don't know what she'll say, I did explain that to her though, so we'll see what she says.
I'm a nervouse about accelerating at this age though. I know DR. Ruff doesn't recommend that in kinder right? I do believe he's a level 4 though, I don't know if that matters.
Do any of you have experience with kindergarten acceleration.
I'M also concerned about his writing ability not matchng the work, depending on how much he's accelerated.
