So we did start first grade when she was 6 and that would put her in fifth grade this year.
Since we homeschool and follow the Charlotte Mason method, which delays formal academics until age 6, we used her kindergarten year for play-based learning and by the time she turned 6 she was ready for easing into formal lessons. If I held her back until the next year, she would have been the oldest person in class, turning 6 a few weeks after school started. That means that if I would have sent her to traditional kindergarten she would have been the absolute youngest person in the class, and actually 4 when she started school. My oldest’s birthday is on September 1, which is the cutoff date for kindergarten in our state. Grades are relative when it comes to homeschooling, but when people ask what grade my kids are in, the short answer is fifth, second, and pre-k. This year, my kids are almost 10, 7.5, and 4.5. So here we are embarking on our sixth official year of homeschooling! After a summer filled with lazy days and pool hangs, the kids were ready to ease back into a rhythm of gentle learning and exercising the muscles of the mind.
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