Children typically start first grade at around 6 or 7 years old.
Children typically start 1st grade around the age of 6 or 7.
I learned when I was in the first grade (6 years old).
so kids can prove there smartness to there next grade
It is the grade after 7th grade and is the last year of grammer school. After 8th grade you may never see most of your classmates again until maybe your reunion. In 8th grade you should enjoy it. It's the last year you will be with the kids you know since preschool. After 8th grade you start your first year in highschool. Meeting new kids and growing up.
when they are in first grade .
In Japan to enter 1st grade you have to be 5 years old
In Puerto Rico, children typically start school at age 5. They enter kindergarten, which is the first level of formal education. Primary education then begins at age 6 and continues through sixth grade. The education system is structured to promote early learning and development.
Sometimes before that.
The grade during which kids learn algebra varies. My first-grade grandson was learning pre-algebra in kindergarten.
most kids are in 5th grade and date but my choice is to allow them to start at middle school ages
the first day of school
Well, it depends on what state you live in. They are all different. First, they all have different cut-off dates for starting kindergarten, which is the first year of compulsory education. Children have to be 5 years old by whatever cut-off date the state establishes for starting kindergarten. In some states it's as early as August (the month that school usually begins) and in others it's not until December. And, what grade middle school starts in also varies in different areas. In most places it begins in 6th grade, and kids are normally 11 years old when starting that grade, but again, depending on the cut-off date, some kids could still be 10. Then there are other areas where middle school does not begin until 7th grade (when most kids are 12). There are even some places (but not many) that begin middle school in 5th grade (when most kids are 10).