We got Micah into Kinder early this year, because he was so ready, there were a whole bunch of reasons, and he has been so happy, made great friends. He started two days a week, now does three, and would go five days a week if he could. But because his birthday is January it looked like he would have to do another year of Kinder, which I think would drive him crazy, he would be the oldest in the class and would be bored not long into the year.
So I organised for him to be assessed by a child psychologist, to see where he is at to see if I should push for him to go up, or at least know that it would be the best for him to do Kinder again. Firstly, people made out it was a stressful and traumatic thing to put your child through, well Micah loved it, he had fun. Anyway, I got the results back on Friday, and they were fantastic! My little 4 year 8 month old boy, ranged between 5 yrs 7 mths and 6 yrs 10 mths with his assessment, in the top 2 percent, and they certainly recommended his grade acceleration, and extension activities, and I talked to his teacher, and it's not all official yet, but it looks like he will definatly be going up.
The other great thing about the assessment was that the last page was full of recommendations for him and his learning, and it is fantastic, I think I will get the girls assessed at a similar age, just for the great resouce. It also had information about the Tas Association for the Gifted, which is just classic! I am so glad I got it done, he is going to be so happy to go up with all his friends.
