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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]

OP, it's ok. Trust you kid and let them figure it out. Always make sure they have a book in their backpack so they can read whenever they want to, in lull moments.

I'm a "former gifted child" according to the tests, and in elementary school my teachers would just let me read all the time -- I remember almost always having a book in my lap. I read hundreds of books a year. I always often engaged in another life skill -- elaborate daydreaming during boring class time.

My son is also ahead -- he has peers in his class so the teacher (DCPS) pushed that group to a level 2 grades up, in reading. He also carries around a vocabulary notebook and writes down new words he hears, and then uses them in a sentence.

Don't feel like you, as a parent, need to hypermanage this. Let you kid figure it out! It's a good "problem" to have (it's not a real problem).[/quote]

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