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school when I was 4, so I was always the youngest in my class.  I was valedictorian too, so academically it was not a problem.  However, in high school, being a year younger than my classmates caused me to be left out a lot when they were able to do things I couldn't yet because of my age.  Just something to consider...

He started in kindergarten and promptly began acting out.  Luckily the teacher and principal decided he was not just a rowdy child, but bored.  He had somehow learned to read himself during the summer before kindergarten and we weren't really aware he could do it.  They tested him out as reading third grade level as he was just beginning kindergarten.  After much testing and conferences (against normal school board practices) they moved him up on a permanent basis.  They also placed him in the gifted program in our school district.  The counselor and teachers were careful to monitor his progress and social interactions.  The only time we have noticed a big problem was in Cub Scouts. They put him in a group by grade level and he did seem a little more childish than some of his group.  He adapted well, though. 

This is my second grandchild to be in the gifted program here, both have tested out with very high IQs.  Socially they both fit in well, perhaps the youngest one is a little too into computers, puzzles and games, but he fits human interaction in there too.

Their precious little minds need to be fed just as their bellies do.  Good luck to you.