Congratulations on your daughter's achievement. Those gifted programs are worth their weight in gold, and it is essential to start by 6th grade. I remember when my daughter's 6th grade teacher said that they would be using the 7th grade math book in her gifted class. I asked if she would be missing anything by skipping 6th grade math. The teacher just looked at me and shook her head. By doing 7th grade a year early, these kids got Algebra 1 in 8th grade and by the end of high school were getting college credit for math and science classes. Of course, a lot of those kids got college scholarships. My daughter didn't get a college scholarship. But when she finished college, she got into a top grad school for her PhD program on a fellowship. And we trace it all back to the teacher who threw away the 6th grade book!
