Skipping A Child To A Higher Grade Level In School….is This A Good Idea?
07/01
my son’s teacher want him to skip to a higher level cz she believed that my son his way advance. his in 2nd grade math now and she’s planning to put him on 3rd grade math. is that a good idea?
*info* about a wk my son received a math award from his school.
your child should probably skip a grade… children should be challenged and if the current work he’s on is too easy then he’ll get bored and try and find another outlet to pour the extra energy. Since’s it’s only one grade, it won’t be soo traumatic and if a problem arises I assumed he can always return to his regular status.
GET UR SONS OPINOIN FIRST!!! gettin moved up could b rele hard 4 him… he mite lose sum friends and feel rele outta place cuz hes smaller than everyone else, but if hes ready and is willing to do it he will let u know
I think it’s a good idea, because your son will be very bored with math that he can already do. It’s worth it.
I think it can be good and bad. Some kids are very advanced and it is helpful for them.
However, I think we are always rushing kids and having them do all these scheduled activities constantly. I think it is good for them to stay with kids that are there age. Sometimes even though they are really smart for their age, they don’t necessarily do as well as expected by skipping a grade. Then they feel all this pressure to keep up with the smartest kids in that grade.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT I THINK, I THINK ITS A HORRIBLE IDEA. YOUR SON WILL ALWAYS BE THE YOUNGEST AND HE WILL GET PICKED ON ALOT. HE WILL EVENTUALLY PROBABLY FEEL OVERWHELMED BY HAVING TO DO WORK THAT ISNT FOR HIS AGE. YOU SHOULD ASK HIM AND IF HES NOT SURE, JUST DONT DO IT.
yes you should any advancement in school is a good way to start off an excellent education
It’s not a very good idea.
My friend, Adia, was 8 in the 4th grade… she started failing.
If your child continues to get smarter then skip them up in middle school.
A 2nd grader could be smart now, but when he sees higher grade stuff he could fail.
yes that sounds great! the more education available to him the better!! he’ll actually do very well because as you kbnow, math is one of the key subjects to life. Best of Luck
If the teacher thinks he would do well with more advanced work, you should do it. Otherwise he may be bored in school and do poorly because of boredom and behavior even though he is smart and knows the material.
I have a 3rd grader that can do 4th grade math and 5th grade reading. I see a lot of people saying “go for it”. In my situation I held my daughter back and kept her with the kids her age, and here’s why: Just because our kids can do the work does not mean they are socially ready to move on. When my daughter was in 1st grade her teacher actually thanked me for holding her back. Because she has trouble getting along with the others in her class.
So when making your decision you may want to keep in mind how well he gets along with other students and handles himself in difficult situations, not just the fact that he has the book smarts to move on. And on the other side of the coin is the fact that if you leave him where he is, he could end up being teacher’s helper and the other kids may resent the attention he gets.
Also I found out the hard way that many employers frown upon graduating high school early, first question out of their mouths is usually something along the line of “Why were you in such a hurry?”
Yes, I think it it a good idea. You don’t want your son to get bored. If he does get bored he might star hating school or causing problems in class to entertain himself.
If it’s only moving up a grade for one subject, then I think it’s a good idea. I do not agree with moving a child up an entire grade. My aunt (a former teacher who had her daughter moved up in early elementary school), and another teacher I know are very strongly against moving children up to the next grade. My aunt said it was one of the worst mistakes she ever made. They’ve both advised me on this because my son is very bright and could easily handle the next grade’s work. I don’t want to move him up because I don’t want to rush him through childhood, and because he’s already on the short end of the scale, and would be even shorter with kids a year older. That might be okay for a girl, but could be disastrous for a boy. But, I would have no problem if they put him in the next grade’s class for one subject but overall he remained in his same grade.
eduacationally its great but socially may cause issues. my daughter is very clever and academically needs to older children and education and she is very grown up BUT i feel some kids in her year group resent her being there as she is young and they feel threatened by her, and some even older children- she is yr 3 and mixes in a yr 4 class but mixes with yr 5/6 too and she can challenge some of them and they find her daunting! Almost ‘jealous’ perhaps?
ALso some of them are more grown up than her i want her to still play dolls and things, she is only 7! But the 8/9 year olds seem to think this is babyish!
Its probably worth trying if your child wants too! If it doesnt work they could go back…..
Yes it happened to aboy at my school and it worked.
Ask your son first if he wants to be in 3rd grade math, just to make sure it’s okay with him.