We also us A Beka Math. I used K5 as a preschool math. My 5yo dd got into the late 30s or early 40s in Arithmetic 1 before she felt like it was new stuff! I would just skip straight to Arithmetic 1 if she's not challenged! You don't want her to think math is boring. That's a hard thing to overcome!

My second dd does this, and has for as long as I can remember! She didn't care for bread as a toddler (like 2), so I would just give her cheese and lunchmeat on a plate instead of a sandwich. The turkey would be a blanket, and she would break the cheese into little pieces. The bigger pieces were Mommy, Daddy and the big sister, the little piece was baby and "Mommy" put "baby" to bed, covered it with the "blanket" and sang to it! Lunch took an hour every day! :lol:

We use SSRW and just adapt it for their age. I started my oldest dd on level 1 at 4, my second dd wanted to learn too, so I went back and bought the K for her at 3. Obviously at that age, they can't do all the handwriting, and we didn't do all the spelling, but the games and songs are fun, and I liked the systematic approach. My oldest was reading at 2nd grade level within the year. They're both still advanced, and we'll soon start with my 3yo ds. It's really cute when they're learning to read so young! My second dd at 3 would read any word she found anywhere using the phonetic rules she knew. "HOT" on the pizza box "TRAS-h" on the trash can (she hadn't learned any blends yet at that point).

My dd (6) is also at a 5th grade reading level, but I don't seek out books that are at that level for her, because of the content in fiction. I'm not sure she can relate to them all. Even though I didn't, her reading level has advanced from a 4th grade level a few months ago. She picks her own books at the library, and she follows along with her eyes on books with smaller font that she wants to hear but is intimidated to read. Kids that age still love curling up in your lap while you read to them. DH is reading the entire Narnia series to her at bedtime, one chapter at a time, and she follows along reading it with him. If one of the other kids comes in and he loses his place she can always tell him where he was. Another idea is to alternate reading paragraphs. In school, when we were reading, our teacher had us all buy the same book and have our own copy and we went down the line, each reading a chapter aloud to make sure we were all reading at grade level. There's nothing wrong with reading it with them, the key is to not push the issue and turn our kids off from reading altogether. What a tragedy that would be!

I love that! My oldest dd has that look too! My oldest dd is 6, and she is gifted. She accelerated academically very fast, was reading at a second grade level at age 4, but emotionally was way behind! I kept asking at well check-ups, and the dr. assured me that she would catch up, and we're getting there, but there are still some extreme moments when she acts more like 2yo than a 6yo. She can't stand to be wrong. She hates to have a wrong answer on a math paper, stresses over tests, doesn't like to write because her handwriting isn't neat enough to suit her and she might misspell a word, is intimidated by drawing, and brought to tears if one of her siblings excell in something and she feels it's "better" than she can do whatever that it. My 2nd dd is 5, and she'll try anything. She tries to find the letter, number or word to copy to make sure she's doing it correctly, but if she makes a mistake, she laughs about how silly it was! I don't know if she (dd#2) is "gifted" in the traditional sense of how we think of it, but she's academically advanced as well.

We use Rosetta Stone-Spanish-Latin America. My husband and I both use it, as well as our kids, even the Kindergartener. It's pricey, but it works well for a broad age group. They recommend grade 1-Adult. It is a computer based program, and you can do as little or as much each day as you want. The more you do, the faster you learn it.

We use the Signing Time movies to teach Sign Language. Their website has lots of great materials. www.signingtime.com Their videos are fun and easy to watch. My kids learn new things every time they watch them. Rachel, the instructor, uses colored tape on her fingers and explains how to make each sign, as well as showing several children using the signs. They also sing and sign songs using the signs they just taught, so kids can pick up new signs as well. I like that it isn't formal, and it doesn't feel like "school". It also gives me half-an-hour to shower, or cook, or check email or whatever. They are so engrossed, they just sit on the couch and sign right along with the movie!