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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. 
I don't think my kid is "truly gifted".  Just never challenged or pushed in elementary school.

There have to be a lot of kids like this who breezed through elementary school.  No studying, finished homework daily in school, aced all exams, etc.  Has yet to come up against anything that she didn't get right away. 
I think this is great for elementary although i know many parents who would have taken this kid right to Kumon for extra supplementation.  We didn't and didn't want to.  Feel strongly that a kid should be a kid.

Just looking ahead to middle school at Deal I'm wondering if kids like this (I'm sure there are many) are challenged or stretched by the material or it will be more of the same.  
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I get what you are saying, but there's more than one kind of challenge that kids can experience.

What about sports? Does she do them? Do they come as easily? Acting? music lessons?

If your child finds academics easy, enroll her in something now that she will need to work hard at to improve or get better. [/quote]

yes, my kid takes instrument lessons and also plays on a sports team 5-6 days per week (which really has been what she's been spending her time doing because school has taken zero effort outside of attending 8:30-3). [/quote]

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