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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Home school the child, please.   This whole thread is assholery even by dcum standards.[/quote]

This is currently the dumbest post on DCUM.[/quote]

Not at all.   Prodigies rarely amount to anything.  If the op had judgement, they would try to normalize the child’s social development.   This is in fact assholery.[/quote]

What OP is describing is hardly prodigy material.  In fact, apart from memorizing the capitals, which I can't see why aren't parent would find much value in that, I know of several kindergarteners in public who are reading at least a grade ahead and who are advanced in math as well.  This probably describes 3/4 of the K class in my DD's public school.  Besides, what makes you think homeschooling would be good for gifted child?  What about social skills?  Are you capable of teaching a gifted child at home?

Home schooling is just bad advice, plain and simple.  And I think OP will be surprised to learn just how many kids are very much like hers once she gets to elementary.   [/quote]

Spoken by someone who obviously knows nothing about homeschooling.  OP - If you are in MCPS, there may or may not be other kids like yours, but what is certain is that the teacher will take no responsibility for advancing your child each year.  They are evaluated on closing the achievement gap, not extending it.  Most of the talented kids I know sat reading their own books for hours each week, which can be fine, if they are happy.  I opted to homeschool so that we could spend that valuable time on science, history, art and foreign language.  Amazingly, my kids also gained social skills.  Hint - homeschoolers actually see other people during the week, and can interact with many age groups.  That said, it gets better in public high school, but that is a long time to wait.  I have also used private school for some of my kids.  Depending on the school and grade, certain subjects can also be boring for highly gifted kids, but there are so many other things to occupy them during the school day.  In public ES, the majority of time is spent on reading and math.  In private, there FL, more art, more music, engineering type classes, lots of science, travel study, daily PE, etc. that are great for all kids.[/quote]

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