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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumping up a year can help but not always. If the child is very bright they will pick up quickly or already know the concepts from the next grade up and be just as bored.

What is better is if they can challenge her more by creating extensions, activities that require critical thinking, novel ideas, creative thought etc... So they can take the concepts in the grade level curriculum and make them much harder.[/quote]

This is excellent advice.  And I would be wary of the previous poster who suggests you encourage her to move up a grade.  While of course you should see how she feels about it, her emotional maturity should be the biggest driver.  If she's already on the young side for her grade, she would have to be an unusually mature kid to be equipped to be a peer to many of the kids (some of whom are already 11) in 5th grade.  But it is possible that she's absolutely there - you know her best and can help her make that transition.

I would definitely ask about enrichment opportunities within the existing 4th grade curriculum, though.[/quote]

I went to a K-8 elementary and skipped the 8th grade and went straight to high school after 7th grade.  I did great academically, but I do not think it was the best decision for me socially.  Though I made plenty of friends in high school, I could have used more time to mature.  Of course, at the time I did not think was necessary.  But looking back, I think I would have figured out what I wanted and how to get it a lot sooner, if I had had more time before college to grow up.  Especially given how expensive college is now, it is not the place to take your time to "find" yourself.  I agree with PPs--see if there are enrichment opps for your DD at grade level.[/quote]

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