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[quote=Anonymous]I was where you are about 3 years ago.  Preschool teachers flagged that my older DC had a remarkable ability to recall anything DC read, heard, or saw.  At home, I saw that he picked up on reading early and had a facility with numbers. I worried that he wouldn't be challenged by the local public and would just start misbehaving, so I went the private school route.

Well, guess what?  In K, he was still pretty bored in his well-known private.  Teachers sat me down to tell me he wasn't engaged all the time and that he's still quicker than pretty much the rest of the class.  That's when I realized that I had such unrealistic expectations for early elementary education.

I don't think it matters where a gifted child goes for K.  We were very conscious not to teach ahead, but my DC picked up concepts taught over months in a few days.  At that age, the real challenge is socializing, mastering self-control, and learning how to be a "big kid."

Now, although my DC is still generally ahead, the difference between him and his peers is not so great because everyone is reading and everyone is doing math, etc.  I kind of feel like the first few years were not worth the sizable investment and would have gone public  first if i had to do it again.  But YMMV.[/quote]

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