I agree with posts. One of our daughter's classmates at an all gifted charter school... spells words we can't. they have not skipped him but at this school he goes to math class 2 grade levels up. like the other posts, i agree that math is the hardest to deal with in a non-gifted classroom that uses repetition to teach. Reading is so easy to deal with... kids are reading froggy but here is harry potter for you, etc.
The specialist that counseled us advised of us of a variety of horizontal activities... which basically aren't just to make her well rounded but distract her so she doesn't pick up so much school related knowledge or skipping may become a habit/habitual need.
I think the other aspect is social. Our daughter falls more as highly gifted (under 160) than PG but she doesn't have much in common with her same aged neighborhood friends. The one time was almost painful to me as the little girl came over and the things she was interested in doing appealed to the hg 4 year old not her sister who the playmate came to see.
We do have the advantage of girls so sports isn't a concern... dating someday will be :-) be then we can use "you are younger" instead of the equally true - your parents are too strict.
I don't know but I don't see how based on where we are how it can be avoided at PG. Now, we are still so little so who knows... but even with skipping and being in all gt class we are still getting "special" assignments from school, and next year we'll probably skip out of grade level for math. And again, we're only in the hg category (assuming we didn't ceiling out and I therefore have no idea what I'm talking about ;-).
I am ordering IAS - no library in system has it. But, I'm on the list for Ruf's book thanks.
