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[quote=Anonymous]I would not be concerned or surprised. My husband and I were both identified as gifted in early elementary and our children are following a similar path. Our older child is one of the youngest in his grade and for now that means he is getting what he needs from school. We’ve heard grumbling from other parents that their kids need more challenging work, but their kids are 9-11 months older. Our younger child is also old for his grade - Nov BD in a school with a Sept 30th cutoff. He’s very far ahead of his peers but it has not been an issue yet. I imagine he will hit a point in 3rd - 5th where he is bored. We will supplement at home.

For both kids, we try to focus them on deep knowledge rather than acceleration. It’s important to us they have a strong foundation in core skills and also learn study habits, executive functioning, project management, etc. I think the parents we know who claim their kids are not challenged are usually looking for acceleration and that’s how my husband and I were raised. It’s a cool party trick if your 5th grader has memorized the periodic table, that’s all it is, a trick. I’d rather my kid understands the properties of the different columns on the periodic table and could make educated guesses about the properties of an element based on its position than just be able to rattle off a list of elements. [/quote]

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