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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is entering full time AAP in fall (third grade). We have him doing some math and LA enrichment this summer. Decided to give him something challenging since the school year was pretty much a joke. But then I think that he will be bored in AAP. Or is it likely to still be interesting given the project based learning? And the fact that many others are also ahead? Otherwise is the a good rationale for getting ahead? I have always wanted to see him challenged and not idling, so if school is slow we do stuff at home, etc. But I would like to hear other people's thoughts on why they accelerate. [/quote]

Acceleration is fine but I would focus on depth rather than speed.

Kids getting to algebra 2 in 8th grade without any real sense of numbers and how to manipulate them are likely to implode later.

If your kid is doing things like mathcounts and RSM/AOPS and AMC and is accelerated, then that's fine but if youa re just shoving them up to Algebra 2 in 8th grade without any of the rest of it, then they are going to crash and burn because they don't really understand what theya re learning.[/quote]

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