Been through the anxiety thing. We were homeschooling 3rd grade. He absolutely was not in the right place in third.
4th grade he was in school and there was some anxiety about it but he scored 3 and a 4 (out of 5,3 being proficient) and a 4 on the writing. But it was important to get that first one in. We had to go through one so that we could deal with it and survive and he was in a place that year to deal. If it had gone horribly wrong we would have known what to do better.
The next year he had 4s and a 5 (reading, math and science that year)....now he is in 8 th grade and he is a pro at them. Even got a perfect score in reading last year. He scoffs at how easy they are. But also his general anxiety has reduced to manageable levels...more like occasionally nervous rather than anxiety disordered.
