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[quote=Anonymous]Apparently I'm in the minority but I wasn't overly bothered by how challenged my kids were (or were not, really) in school. Throughout elementary school and at least most of middle school, two of my kids either knew the material before it was taught, or grasped it with 90+% accuracy very quickly the first time a new concept was taught; from the time report cards with grades were instituted both of them got straight A's until sometime in high school. This may be a somewhat cynical viewpoint but they and I were all quietly happy that they could grasp the necessary material and get excellent grades with little effort. They took the most advanced options available to them once differentiation was an option from 3rd grade on, of course, but if kids already know what is necessary, or more, for their grade I personally don't see a reason to want more or harder schoolwork for them since the same result (an A on their record for the grade they're in's class/subject) will come from doing an excellent job on just the assigned classwork and doing the same excellent job on much harder work.

Personally, we preferred for school to be fairly easy and enrichment to be an individual or family matter where we could customize it to fit the kids' interests. If you're confident he's at or above grade level on all Language Arts skills, I would suggest just have your child do what's needed for the school homework (if it's not challenging, it won't take long) and then enjoy reading whatever he wants in his own time.[/quote]

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