Just an update on my early entrance to kindergarten post

[canteloupe]

My daughter had her early entrance exam for kindy last week. She needed an IQ of 127 and she got a 132 so she will go in August.

[nd_deadhead]

My twin just made the kindergarten cutoff (by 2days). They started K the week they turned 5.

They are in 7th grade now, and we have never regetted the decision to start them at 5. They do very well acaemically and socially. They are both big boys (5'9" and still growing!), which makes it easier for them to fit in, even though they are the youngest in their grade.

When they were in 2nd grade, B's teacher didn't realize until spring conferences that he was the youngest, not the oldest, in the class! That really confirmed that we had made the right decision.

We have friends whose dd missed the cutoff by 2 weeks, and opted not to petition to start her early, even though she was very much ready (socially and academically). They had no doubts about her kindergarten readiness, but they didn't want her to be the youngest 9th-grade girl in her class. She's doing fine (in 2nd grade), but I know that my sons would be bored silly right now if they were in 6th grade instead of 7th.

[TiredX2]

Originally Posted by canteloupe

My daughter had her early entrance exam for kindy last week. She needed an IQ of 127 and she got a 132 so she will go in August.

May I ask what test they did? That sounds like a much more in-depth test than our kinder test!

[TiredX2]

Also, congrats on getting the school situation settled for next year. What a relief!