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[quote=Anonymous]I want to offer a slightly different perspective. We were in another state for DC's K and 1, but the school did offer to test him for giftedness in 1st. They then gave him 1 hr/week of "enrichment" with the other kids who tested as gifted (one in second grade, two in third and one in 4th, I think.) They just had them all together and let them do graphing projects and the like. That is, pretty minimal, but it was what they could do.

Then when we got here, they did move him to 3rd grade math in 2nd grade, but otherwise did nothing to enrich. Then in 3rd grade, they stopped accelerating in math, so he took 3rd grade math again. Finally, in 4th grade he got into the HGC and things were a little better academically.

However, we didn't do much to push or enrich in the previous grades, even though he was academically under-challenged.

I feel pretty strongly that the best things to do with any child, even (or especially) a gifted child is to let them PLAY, a lot. Gifted children tend to greater anxiety I find (at least mine did) and physical play is great for that. Also, they learn a great deal through physical movement and in interaction with nature. Many gifted children are also not the most social, and play allows them to develop greater understanding of themselves and others.

Sometimes it was hard for me to resist pushing my child forward, but I have no regrets whatsoever. I think too much rushing to learn things at a very young age can backfire when they are older. My goal is to grow happy, stable and well-rounded people.

Oh, the one thing I did do when DC was almost 7 was to start piano lessons. I think he put a great deal of his extra energy for learning into that, which I feel is quite beneficial on many levels.[/quote]

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