DD 8 is in second grade IQ 99.9% equally strong in verbal/spatial/fluid reasoning and extremely strong academic skills. She attends a small private school that has no type of gifted program. We had her evaluated at her schools insistence because they wanted us to consider a grade skip. We decided against the grade skip last year because third grade required class changes (4 teachers) and while DD is very bright and organized, I was not quite sure if she was ready for the organization required to deal with that many transitions. Fast forward and she is now easily years ahead of the curriculum. She is currently working through an Algebra 1 textbook at home and has had no difficulty, easily does multiplication of two and three digit numbers in her head and is reading at a level that is consistent with most high school students. She really needs to be accelerated but when we suggest it she falls apart because she does not want to leave her best friend. She is very social and I think she would be fine but she does not think so. So how do you balance both, the social and academic needs?? We are at a loss!
