I home school my child. She is 7 yrs and in the third grade. I am currently using the A Beka curriculum. She i

You might try using a classical education program such as Memoria Press or the Well trained mind. Such programs allow students to learn at their own pace and move as far ahead as their ability takes them. They are focused on learning how to gather and use information rather than on gathering knowledge. This would make it easier for her to gather information and use it as needed throughout her life. Memoria Press offers curriculums in Latin and Classical Greek which will increase her understanding of the roots of language which will make it easier to learn modern languages.

I also am sold on Sonlight! We discovered it when I was looking for a science program and loved the fact that they provided all the supplies you needed (like iron filings etc.) in an inexpensive kit. Then, after I saw the great literature in their catalog, I tried their Core Programs. (We've used Sonlight since my daughter was in 2nd grade, and she is now a 10th grader. Last year,she went to public school, but she found it totally not challenging. She begged to come back home.) The nice thing about Sonlight, besides the fact that you don't use textbooks, is that it develops a love of reading. And reading enthusiasm is a trait which encourages life-long learning and inquisitiveness. Additionally, you can tailor the difficulty level of the curriculum to suit your child's challenge level.

For Math, I would recommend you to use Saxon Math. It uses proven educational practices of incremental development and continual review. “With incremental development, topics are developed in small steps spread over time. One facet of a concept is taught and practiced before the next facet is introduced. Both facets are then practiced together until it is time for the third to be introduced. Instead of being organized into chapters that rapidly develop a topic and then move on to the next strand, Saxon Math is organized into a series of lessons that gradually develop concepts. This approach gives students the time to develop a deeper understanding of concepts and how to apply them."

Here is another plug for Sonlight, and we are a non-religious homeschooling family. We have used it for 5 years and all of us enjoy it and are learning a lot (ALL of us, not just the junior members :) The great thing about homeschooling is you can change curriculum at will, you don't have to go before a school board to do so. Customize what you need to keep her interested and challenged! Good luck!

This website has reviews for a variety of curriculum: http://www.cathyduffyreviews.com/index.html Good luck!

Maybe she needs a real school!

I used Abeka at private school, and when my mom started home-schooling my sister and I. We aced through it. We even did schooling in the summer and by 12 o'clock we were done with our work. Results=graduating HS early and taking college classes during our HS yrs =)

K12 is probably the most challenging curriculum I've seen. I've used it for going on five years and every time I compare it to another curriculum's scope and sequence, I'm blown away. The depth and breadth is amazing!!! They have a 10% off sale through the end of the month. http://www.k12.com (I have nothing personal to gain...just a very satisfied user!!!)

Try this schooloftomorrow.com the ACE is a really simple program but they have a diagnostic test click on the home school link then the Lighthouse Christian Academy link then you'll see a link for the test its really easy at first but it will get harder it will tell you where she needs to be and what she needs help on for us my daughter is in third grade doing 4th grade English and some 2nd grade math. I'll give a plug for sonlight as well we used that last year but it sounds like you need to figure out where she's at before you start and sonlight is really expensive where ACE runs me about 40.00 a month