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California law requires a child to be six years old on or before December 2 to be legally eligible for first grade.
There are exceptions if your can satisfy the criteria as defined by the State Board of Education:
a. The student is at least five years of age at the time of acceleration.
b. The student has attended a public school kindergarten for a long enough
time to enable school personnel to make an evaluation of the student’s
ability.
c. The student is in the upper five percent of that age group in terms of
general mental ability. To determine whether a student meets this criterion,
an individual test of mental ability must be administered by a school
psychologist.
d. The physical development and social maturity of the student are
consistent with the student’s advanced mental ability.
e. The parent or guardian of the student has filed with the District a written
statement approving placement in the first grade.
f. A record that all criteria have been met and the parent’s statement of
approval are filed in the student’s cumulative record.
not usually. k is a stepping stone to socialization.
im not sure about california, but sometimes children can test out of kindergarten and go to 1st grade
All children MUST attend kindergarten.
Yes. You may need for the school psychologist or a first-grade teacher to give tests indicating the child is capable of: sitting still adequately, ready to read, can write sufficiently well, has adequate social skills, "maturity" is OK.
Kindergarten is not required in California, but highly recommended, just like the ads says. Most school districts will allow your child to go to first grade directly, but usually there is some kind of evaluation. Most private schools don't even offer a kindergarten. I don't really understand why you would be interested in skipping kindergarten though since it is an important part of school development, in fact some parents hold their child back if they are born after September even though they could start sooner. This allows the child to have gained more mental development, and give them a step up in the whole school thing.
yes it is possible but i don't know about California
Yes, but don't. The world makes you grow up fast enough as it is. Skipping grades doesn't constitute a smarter child, only that they had the option of jumping ahead early on. I once knew a child who, because of her age, was allowed to progress from Pre-K to 1st grade without Kindergarten. Because she did not acquire the skills in between to make a smooth transition, she had to repeat the 1st grade. Keep in mind that each school's standards of achievement vary and may not accurately reflect a test or psychological evaluation. By enrolling in Kindergarten, teachers are able to assess a student's strengths and weaknesses as well as any problems (i.e. abnormal social behavior, learning disabilities, etc.) they might have and help cope with them before they progress. While I'm not saying every student who skips a grade will have problems later on, I advise you to let it be. Another girl I know did not skip a single grade (even though she was given the opportunity) and now has a genius IQ, was a National Merit Finalist, got a perfect ACT score, and is now pursuing a degree in Aeronautical engineering with a Minor in French.
Don't sweat it. Your child can excel no matter what; just let them have fun right now.
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