We decided on gr 6 for DD after talking to a few different people and looking at some gr 4 and 5 curriculum. (If she had stayed in school she would be in gr 4 this year) For the math, grades 4 and 5 are repeated, but in a quicker fashion in grade 6, so since DD does not need the repetition given in grades 4 and 5 on the topics, we decided to jump right to gr 6, which is written as review so it has much less repetition in it. It also starts getting into more interesting math from DD's perspective. The high school art teacher at my school has also allowed her to join her high school ceramics after school club, so she goes there for art in addition to her having art time at home almost every day. (She is incredibly artistically gifted)
So, challenged for us looks like a happy, humming daughter who can excitedly answer the question "what did you learn today?" from me when I come home from school.
Since she is so much younger than a 6th grader, we are typically sticking with her age for things outside the house that require certain, for example, ....
but there are a lot of skills that she needs to learn before she could successfully do higher grade level work. Most of which is taught to kids in middle school. (Like critical thinking skills and organization and independent work/decision making)
Exactly! Our DD8 is doing similarly!
