Wolf turned 5 in late August and is in 1st this year. We chose to accelerate because we knew it would be needed eventually and this way it won't be a huge missing friends oh your that kid who skipped a grade thing later. Luckily we are in an Independent Study program so most classes are mixed grade anyway and it is easy to do additional subject acceleration.
He started Tiger Scouts (which you have to be 6 OR in 1st grade to join) and is TINY compared to the other boys, but it doesn't seem to bother him or them in the slightest.
The questions I feel you really need to answer for yourself are:
1. Who does she prefer to be around? If the answer is older kids that is a point towards being ok with a grade skip.
2. Is she mature for her age? If she isn't then that is a major factor to consider.
3. What do the people that know her think? (daycare, pediatrician, close friends, etc...) EVERYONE who knows Wolf said he should skip.
4. Is she physically ready for the school requirements for 1st graders? (longer days, more writing, longer attention span, etc...)
5. What does she think? Does she want more challenging work?
6. Would a half day K, half day 1st be better for her than a full skip?
The frustration issue could be a perfectionism thing which seems to be common in kids like ours and would be something you would have to deal with in any school situation eventually. Wolf doesn't have that problem, he's much more likely to just not pay attention and/or skip ahead and get things wrong because of that. Each kid has their own eccentricities!
Wolf has never been "officially" tested. He took a series of grade level assessment tests through a charter school which is how we found out what level he was actually at.
