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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Work with your kid on not being bored. My kid has similar scores and loves school / is not bored. His ability to read and interpret text and complete math problems are far ahead of his peers, he is 8, there is SO MUCH he doesn’t know. His class may be working on literacy and phonics, but he is learning about folk tales and ancient civilizations from the texts they are reading in class. The school librarian helped him find more books on the same topics they are covering in language arts and he is allowed to read those at his desk if he finishes his work early.

My other child is bright, but not as significantly ahead of grade level as his brother. However he is a know it all and frequently tells us at him “I know!” In an exasperated tone. We talk about this a lot because I don’t want him to be rude to a teacher or make his peers feel ashamed or behind. I tell him that while he may know how to solve a math problem, he may not know the method being taught and he should challenge himself to show his work and solve the same problem more than one way. Instead of being smug, we are working with him to make sure he is reading the whole question, showing his work, etc.

My husband and I were both in gifted programs as kids and among the youngest kids in our grade. We don’t see any need to rush our kids in elementary just because they can technically meet grade level standards. We think it’s more important for our kids to learn good habits and have a deep and robust understanding of the concepts they are learning now since they are building blocks for more complex work to come.

There is a difference between being precocious like my know it all older child and truly gifted like my younger one who seems to intuitively understand math concepts in a way that constantly amazes us. Tests reward the precocious and well behaved kids a lot and it’s easy for them to blaze through younger grades with tons of praise and then hit a wall when work gets hard. You need to work on growth mindset with those kids so they don’t develop a sense of self based on being “smart” and then fall apart when they eventually struggle. Truly gifted kids can find ways to go deeper and get more out of what they are learning in class - or you can help them find ways to entertain themselves without being disruptive.

Very few kids are soooooo advanced that the need to skip a grade outweighs the social and emotional benefit of being with same age peers. [/quote]
Great advice.  Very few parents of younger kids have this foresight.   Totally agree with what you said about the truly gifted finding their own ways to learn and entertain themselves.  [/quote]

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