I have a question for any of you homeschooling children with delays. We adopted a 7 year old girl from Russia about 7 years ago. She came to us with severe emotional issues and we spent about three years in counseling. She is doing terrific now, thanks be to God! But the toll of dealing with the emotional disturbances plus the second language at age 7, have left her behind in comparison to her peers.
We are using A Beka. She is doing 4th grade work, and is about 1/3 of the way through the curriculum.
At churchschool this year they are asking the kids to put down the grade they are in. Tania ( my daughter) was so embarrassed to be saying she was in 4th grade that she recently told me she wants to go to school.
I am looking for feedback or ideas for her to better handle the constant "What grade are you in?" that well-meaning adults seem to always ask.
We think she will be finished with the 4th grade work by about January and can possibly go gangbusters on the 5th grade work and catch up by one year by next fall. Has anyone ever jumped a grade in filing your homeschool plan with the school district and do you think it will make them come after us? LOL.