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[quote=Anonymous]As others have said, don't say anything.
But I wouldn't be too worried, either.
For my advanced kid, K and 1st were great.  Partly because there is such a wide range of abilities, most assignments are flexible and easily adaptable.  
There was a ton of hands-on and open-ended work.  For example, one of her first "assignments" was to "write or draw about summer vacation"
Some kids drew a picture.  Some wrote a sentence or two. She (and a few others) wrote a paragraph with a drawing. 
Her reading group didn't really stretch her as far as book difficulty, but they did a lot of "what do you think will happen" and "compare to your life" kind of discussions that helped her be a much better/more thoughtful reader.
The pure math was easy, but there were also a bunch of card games and strategy games that they played as a class.

2nd grade, on the other hand... ick.  My impression is that they basically stop the curriculum and make sure all the kids are caught up.  That was the rough year. [/quote]

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