My DS is accelerated both in math and reading. There are unique problems with both and I'm not sure there is a "better" option. It really has come down to teacher training in our experience.
For reading, he's 7 1/2, grade skipped and reads at a high school level. But he doesn't have the emotional understanding or the content knowledge to deal with material at that level in a healthy way. I totally get that! However, the school's default answer is "he's too young to understand what he's reading so we'll only give him one or two years above grade level." Okay but why not ask content questions at his level? Why not analyze themes, discuss character development or compare and contrast two books of similar themes?
Math is similar- he's ready for Algebra but nobody in his elementary school knows how to teach it. So he gets a mismash of worksheets, half-hearted differentiation and a lot of adults scratching their heads. What he doesn't get is MORE work... a huge bonus from his previous school!
I have comfortably adjusted to serious afterschooling. He's happy at school, loves the specials he gets (PE, art and Spanish) and enjoys the setup. I just know that it's my job to cover the other subjects at his level until we're in a situation where the teachers have the ability.
