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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Any strategies you can suggest to make sure my child doesn’t get too bored at school? Like if the lesson is too easy- do they have to do the busy work? Can they opt out? Can they work on independent projects as long as it is not disruptive? Or just read on their own?[/quote]

Talk to the teacher at the beginning of the year.  They will not (and should not) let your child opt out of required work, but most teachers will be okay with them bringing in their own reading/work when they finish their work as long as they are quiet.  My child has been offered computer time to work ahead in math, but he ultimately found that worse because he was getting further and further ahead on his own.  Now he just works on his writing when he is bored- he writes poems, short stories, or summaries of books that he is reading.

Your child will be bored, especially in 1st and 2nd.  The pace is slow and there is a lot of repetition.  I wish there was more differentiation available, but there just isn't.  So it falls on us to provide enrichment opportunities and school is mostly social at this point.[/quote]

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