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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster.  I am fascinated by this thread because I'm struggling with what to do with our child:  nearly 5, has been in FT daycare since 3 months (large center), reading for at least six months (independently reading Magic Treehouse, etc) and loves it, tested at 99.9%/145, just a very quick kid.  He's also pretty good about doing things on his own (going off in a corner and reading or doing puzzles or just generally entertaining himself). Local N Arlington school is very good.  But I want him to be challenged and I want him to have to work hard.  The point that several posters made about fear of failure rings true for me -- I want him to struggle and "not succeed" sometimes so that he's not afraid of it (like I was).  I want him to want to learn (he does now) and I'm scared that if we made the wrong first choice (for example, we send him to public K and he winds up sitting in the corner by himself most of the year reading third grade books because he's ok with it and the teacher needs to focus -- rightfully -- on the 24 or so other kids who need help reading) he will be bored and not develop a love of school and learning.  We're looking at privates for a number of reasons and I don't want to be the parent (see the pet peeve thread) who asks all the wrong questions about what are you going to do for MY kid (special snowflake that he is), but that's what I want to know.

Any suggestion?  Please please pretty please?  Thanks.  [/quote]

Look into Feynman School.  They are relocating to Bethesda at the end of the month and are doing open houses now.  It is about 5 minutes from the 495 exit on Democracy Blvd. My child loves it there.  It is such a fun and joyful environment.  He's in PreK now.  They just finished a unit on architecture that was wonderful.  They not only learned about designing and building structures but also the economics involved.  They took at field trip to an architecture firm this week and my little guy is still talking about it.  They are going to the National Building Museum next week.  They are doing writing workshops and author studies.  The curriculum has a science focus and is partial Spanish immersion.  They have weekly dance and music lessons.  The children in aftercare are learning chess and piano.[/quote]

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