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[quote=Anonymous]Original poster, I agree with others that 6:25's post is excellent. Please consider the things that he or she mentions.

You say that your child asks thoughtful questions. That, to me, is a key indicator of a child who may well find AAP the right place to be.

Remember -- tests at this age for AAP are about aptitude, not achievement. The fact you think your son is only average in his acheivement so far does not mean that he lacks the aptitude to flourish in an AAP program. Many, many parents around here seem to have the impression that AAP is for kids who are already, before they enter an AAP classroom, super-achievers who are reciting all the presidents from memory by age four or as someone recently posted, "doing 300-piece puzzles in one sitting." That's not an accurate portrait. AAP kids are as normal as any others and aren't genius kids who read at advanced levels from toddlerhood. All this testing is about finding the child's aptitude to learn -- not to find out what the chiild already knows. So if you son scores well on these tests it indicates that he has the ability to learn at a more in-depth level than you may think possible based just on what you've seen in very early elementary academics.

Please be certain to talk to all his teachers (not just his one "homeroom" teacher but also any teachers he sees for other subjects) as well as possibly the school counselor and certainly your school's AAP contact person. Their take on this is important. They will know if they feel he really can do fine in AAP.

Remember -- in AAP he likely will encounter other kids who also ask those thoughtful questions, and that could be very good for him and for his development. Don't brush off the idea of AAP based on what he's doing academically right now. [/quote]

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