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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate these "gifted kid" discussions on DCUM but it's important to note that a child who's this advanced in reading isn't necessarily any more mature than his peers, and this is asking a lot of him, maturity-wise.  Maybe he can handle it but many kids couldn't and that doesn't mean they don't deserve an actual education.  Schools need a better way to deal with the reality that some kids (even some that don't end up "gifted") read earlier than others.  My DS was reading middle school chapter books by the time he arrived in kindergarten and they had NO idea how to deal with that.  It started a chain of bad educational accommodations that lasted for several years.[/quote]

Well what did you do to keep encouraging/supplementing your child?  Did you look into changing schools?  Did the school you attend just shrudge you off?[/quote]

Unfortunately there wasn't much we could do until fourth grade when the HGC program was available.  Third grade was extremely hard for him -- he was very bored and unhappy/angry, there was some teasing going on, etc.  The HGC was like an oasis.

If I had it to do over again I would have put him in a Montessori program that goes through third grade -- there are a few around.  Montessori really allows/encourages kids to work at their own level and follow their own interests, so I think that would have worked well.[/quote]

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