Basically, she could function at a level higher than 6th grade, her reading comprehension is adult level, 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)
Thanks so much for sharing this. This sounds like exactly where we are headed. My dh and I talked about it last night and decided to just go for it. We homeschool so we can always tweak again if necessary.
It sounds as if you have managed to accommodate your daughter's needs very well. It all sounds very balanced.
We have chosen to keep them officially enrolled in the grades they would be in PS, but use whatever level material is appropriate for the particular subject.
Yes, this was what I was certain I would do with ds7, yet the problem that we run into these days is that he's so much more mature than his age-peers. He's an only child, so he's always been very happy to interact with any child of any age. He has just recently started commenting on the fact that the kids around him don't seem interested in the same things that he's interested in, and that they often want to act "younger" than he thinks they should.
Because so much of what is available to us (which is very little) is based on grade, not age, I'm think we're going to have to bump him up a grade just so we can gain access to older kids in some of the groups and classes that we do occasionally have around us. He's a December baby, so moving him up one grade won't be a huge deal. If that doesn't help with this issue, I suppose we'll move.
