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My DD3 is already doing much of first grade level "work" (though we don't work on anything here at home, she can just do it if someone asked her to, which I don't!) so I am wondering what to do about kindergarten. She will turn 4 in May of this year, then would be expected to do another year of preschool (she goes twice a week for a few hours), then after turning 5 in May 2011, start kindergarten. Any advice? She started reading at two, knew letter sounds at one and a half, complex puzzles early, knew complex shapes at one, uses complicated vocbulary in a very casual way with four syllable words sprinkled throughout etc. School is helping her with her social skills (Lord knows they are doing nothing academic for her there since the things she is learning there her one year old sister knows) and she isn't the most mature child on the block (she is also one of the shortest since many in her three year old class are actually 4 now) but I see huge improvments. She is confident, outgoing, separates fine from me at school, and makes friends. She is able to sit very quietly at storytimes and actively participates in singing activites, follows directions well during craft projects and has good fine motor control, but there are times her behavior can be seen as hyperactive. She already had some testing done, and verbal composite was 99.6% and performance was more like 97%, but I would assume she would need another test since they are not that valid at 3. Maybe she does need another year of preschool, but am just looking at all the options. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.