I am hoping that he will meet some friends next year that are more at this level, although I am nervous that next year when kids are older, they will just think he's weird.
In our experience, there is such a range of abilities in K and even 1st, that you don't really hear the "weird" comments from the other kids at that age. If you think about K, where some kids don't know their letters and other kids are reading; some kids have never been away from their parents and others have been in day care for 12 hours/day -- there are a lot of things that are uneven. Around here, kids seem to start becoming a little more judgmental in 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Hopefully, by that time, your DS will have developed some good self esteem and confidence and will enjoy who he is.
