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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I second the suggestion of talking to the teacher and school counselor.  Many of the school counselors run something called "lunch bunch" where they take a group of students into their office during lunch and just work on social/conversational skills.  Also - is she messy and/or disorganized at home.  Maybe making a simple check sheet for her to keep on or in her desk with daily tasks that she needs to do to keep the desk organized.  For super smart kids, simple organization doesn't always come easy but these same kids are great at following check sheets and rules.[/quote]

The K teacher actually sent her to these a few times but the counselor came back and told her that our child didn't really belong in them.  Our counselor focuses on kids that are either very shy or she has groups with kids with specific concerns (recent divorce, military parent deployed, etc.)

Her current 2nd grade teacher has recently given us more perspective on this.  She feels DD interacts differently with kids during academic times versus social time (lunch, recess, etc).  She's very social, so shyness isn't an issue, and during social times she seems to get along with kids just fine.  During academic times is where she is having the awkward issues.

As for the messy/disorganized at home - it's a two-fold answer.  No, when it comes to basic routines.  We have framed chore lists (kids use dry erase crayons on the frame glass to check off their chores).  We have bins labeled for shoes, winter hats/gloves, etc and she seems to be able to easily follow these routines.  The answer is yes when it comes to cleaning up or staying organized when she's doing an art project, building something,  anything academic or creative.  [/quote]

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