When should kids move to the next grade in kidmin?

Photo by BBC Creative on Unsplash Itās coming to the end of the school year, and youāre probably thinking about promoting your kids to the next grade. But when is the best time? Itās a common question Iāve seen for years in Facebook groups. Someone looking for a change asks when everyone promotes their kids to the next grade and then a slew of comments ensues advocating for the beginning or the end of the summer. In my highly unscientific perusing of these comments, Iād say the answer is about 50/50. I donāt think there is a right or wrong way to do this and in my own ministry, Iāve experimented with both and see the pros and cons of each. Hereās what Iāve learned. Promote at the beginning of the summer. If you promote at the beginning of the summer, then your oldest kids, letās say fifth graders, are mostly happy. A lot of them are already out the door ready to move to youth. They donāt want to be with the little ones anymore. Moving kids up at this time works well because you can do...