my 7yearold son is being skiped a head a grade?

Question

my 7 yearold son Peyton is being skiped ahead a grade this year
he was going tobe in 2nd but his teacher said he would be better off in the third grade should I worry about him being in class with bigger kids?

Answer 1

Absolutely not. He needs to be where he can be challenged intellectually and learn in a better environment. My daughter was moved up in the middle of the first grade to the middle of the second grade. This year -- 3rd grade -- was great for her. Your teacher wouldn't have made the recommendation if she didn't think your child wasn't mature enough.

Answer 2

Personally, I would worry that he is not mature enough to be with the older kids. I didn't skip a grade, but I was almost always the youngest one. My birthday is at the end of November. Where I live, the cut off date to enter kindergarten in December 2. I was always the quietest one in class. I'm quiet by nature, but being the youngest didn't help. I really felt the difference when I went away to college when I was still only 17. I wasn't ready for that type of experience. I ended up getting a 1.8 gpa my first year and came home and went to the local community college instead of staying at the university. Once I got a couple of years older I was able to handle going off to the university again. My mom says now that she wishes she had waited a year to enroll me in kindergarten. I wasn't emotionally mature enough.

I wouldn't skip my kid ahead a year unless he was VERY mature for his age. Maybe he instead he can be enrolled in the GATE program or get enrichment activities from the teacher. Being the smartest one in the class could have some positive effects on his self esteem when he's understanding concepts his classmates are just beginning to grasp. I would think long and hard about the consequences of having him skip a grade.

Answer 3

Doesn't children start school at 6 years? Why are they allowing him to advance so soon? If I were you I would think about telling the school that your child doesn't need to "skip" a grade. It might hurt him in the long run. What if next year he doesn't do so well and then had to be held back instead. Is it possible that he can just take advanced classes and still stay with children his own age for most of the stuff? That way he can grown into being around bigger children and start a friendship circle where he can advance without any harm.

Answer 4

i don't think you should be worried that your son is going to be with a year older than he is. his teacher must feel that he need to be in a higher grade than grade 2 for he could be too bored about what is getting taught to him at that grade and would be most intestering to learn what he doesn't know in grade 3. and if he doesn't like being in a older class, you can always make the teacher put him back in the 2 grade.first find out from the teacher about what can be done if peyton's doesn't like it .and i think you should let your son try the third grade and see how he does.you may have very same boy on your hands and may be like my daughter that was also put ahead in school and be very well. she made friends with the older kids and still hang out with her friends from the grade that she was with before she was moved up.she was just one grade ahead,she needed that so she would not get bored because she knew what the teacher was teaching her that she aready knew and became bored in class. also ask peyton's what he would like to do. and hear what he thinks and go from there. good luck with your smart like guy. i hope i help alittle.

Answer 5

I don't think it's a good idea. You would be better off getting him into some kind of gifted or accelerated learning program. There are 7 year olds in first and second grade, he's going to be too young to go into third grade. It's not so much a size thing as it is about maturity. I'm not saying your son isn't mature, he probably is for his age or they wouldn't bump him up a grade, but as he gets older and his class-mates get older, there are things he might be behind in.

Answer 6

Granted, it was a very long time ago, but I happened to skip second grade. The kids being "bigger" isn't as much of an issue as the kids being more mature. If he does not know very many third graders, I would suggest asking the teacher if the school would allow him to gradually transition into the third grade class.

Answer 7

Well I think it would be an interesting choice to skip 2nd but I'd trust the teacher with that. Is your son socially adapted? Does he hang out with kids his age? If not I'd get him into the YMCA or the Boys and Girls Club. In such environments there is such a diversity of ages and sizes that kids really relate to each other on an individual basis and his peers will accept him when the school year starts.

Answer 8

I wouldn't be. But for his sake it is important that you do let be skipped ahead a grade. My mom wouldn't skip me ahead a grade when I was in elementary school and I think to this date it was a mistake. Don't get me wrong I did great in high school and college but I didn't try as hard because I was bored (material way too easy and I wasn't challenged) and I could do the minimum and still do really good. So for his sake skipping him ahead is best for him intellectually.

When I was a kid I played with kids who were younger with me and who were older than me and I did not have any problems. Even if he was with kids his age there are always going to be bullies around. So I wouldn't worry.

Answer 9

My worry is the other way around for our 5 year old grandson. He is also brilliant and gifted. He knows his numbers and is interested in the bigger numbers, i.e. googols, etc. He knows how to write roman numerals to 100, etc. He loves space and spaceships and understands more than most adults do about space. He has been reading since he was 3, plays violin by ear, etc. Our worry is that he will be BORED to tears in school. He already loses interest when being taught something he already knows, and people think he is just not listening. When questioned later, he answers verbatim. I have reminded his parents that he is very bright, but he doesn't have maturity yet.

Answer 10

He may not be that younger then some of the 3rd graders if you think about it. Is he almost 8? Some kids in same grades are up to 9 months apart in age depending what month they are born.

For example, I was born in September and in the same grade as kids that turned a year older in January and My daughter will be a brand new 8 year old when she enters 3rd grade.

I honestly didnt think schools did this anymore. Many of them offer accelerated learning programs in the school in order to keep the kids in the same grade with kids their own age.

Answer 11

It depends on Peyton's level of social maturity. You stated bigger kids rather than older, is your son small for his age? How does Peyton feel about this. Is he going to have emotional issues about leaving his friends behind. When it was suggested that my daughter who at the time was 8 years old be skipped because of her reading and math skills, I convinced the teacher that it would be better to give my daughter more advanced assignments. I didn't feel that my daughter was ready socially to advance to a higher grade.