Kyle Phoenix, Writer and student & Instructor at Columbia University
Grades k to 6 are input, learning thru absorption.
Grades 5 - 8 are elaboration, where students connect ideas, concepts
Grades 8-12 are output driven of showing ability to synthesize knowledge.
You want to get him to Output/Synthesizing as soon as possible because that's where gifted children excel, which is why primary grades are generally skipped for them. I would make 15-16 his target graduation of high school. Which means you have to plan ahead faster and farther. Use the core curriculum and curriculum grade level books to map your route. I would get Ged/TASC books to have an idea of what an advanced 7th-9th grade would look like. At that point those books are complete Synthesis (ironically one of the main reasons ged students fail---they lack a foundation of Input & Elaboration).
You will probably have to chart his time differently. Public school is only 180 days, Asian schools 240 days, hence why they seem so advanced. I would measure by constructive hours. 4-6 a day but you're be able to focus time better and give him chores like adding up the groceries including tax without a calculator. Let him stumble and fail because he's only got himself as peer competition. Buy books above his grade level and age. Look at your next year as stumbling and stretch but you have weekends and casual discussion time to ameliorate this.
Again your goal is to accelerate him across five grades in three years.
Use games like chess, Go, Cash Flow, monopoly and trivial pursuit to advance not just what he thinks but HOW he thinks. I would introduce a critical thinking model, I use Byron Katie's The work because it is easy to comprehend and she has a children's book to teach it.
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