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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I'm looking at BA offerings and I'm torn about what to do about books and placement, as I've been exposing him to stuff that spans different grade levels. A lot of level 1 looks too easy but some might be good to practice/review. I think he'd place somewhere in level 2 but has tackled things covered in 3 and 4. So what books to order if any? And I'm assuming the annual membership allows one to move at their own pace? [/quote]

In that case, you should do the online platform.  He could start at 2, move quickly through the material that he already knows, and spend more time with the stuff he hasn't yet seen when he reaches 3 and 4.[/quote]

Thanks, I'll do that. I like supporting him to keep learning, but I do wonder what then happens when he's very far ahead. What do your kids do in class? Do they get differentiated instruction? [/quote]

I mean what do they do in math class at school to avoid boredom.[/quote]
If you have the type of kid capable of moving far above grade level using BA, then that kid was always destined to be bored in school math class.  Even if he didn't know the material in advance, the school math pace would be torturously slow.  [/quote]

Honestly, I don't think my kid is particularly special. I just take the time to teach him stuff and he learns. He's not super fast or anything. But once he learns something we go to the next thing. I was pretty surprised to learn they don't teach multiplication until 3rd grade. Like, what the heck are they doing in the meantime? And why not teach this way earlier?[/quote]
For K-2, the math is paced so even the below average kids can keep up.  There is minimal differentiation.  For 3rd-6th, the AAP/advanced math is mildly accelerated and paced so that mildly above average kids can keep up.  [/quote]

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