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Learning Environments
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We looked very closely at our local Friends school. It's still on our list if we need to stop homeschooling for any reason. We know several families with MG+ kids that are very happy there. Our Friends school does a lot of hands on, open ended pro
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Originally Posted By: amazedmom2 questions I asked my mom (who works at a school where several of the teachers and administrators form my gifted elementery school now work at) to find out what measures I was tested on. I was told the peabody was one
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Recommended Resources
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Thanks. These look great. My DS will love the telescope issue as well.
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Parenting and Advocacy
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I always thought it had something to do with them being at different stages of development i.e chronological age, emotional age and intellectual age being all over shop.I know when my son was in infants and early primary school he couldn't abide any
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Twice Exceptional
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My ds hates the noise as well, he has gotten more used to it, but he was at the school field day about two weeks back and a good chunk of it was in the cafeteria/gym. The noise levels were just atrocious! I was there to help out, and by then end he w
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Learning Environments
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This method,or something very similar,has been a godsend for our son. He goes to a central school (public) which are all K-12.He was offered grade skipping but did not want to go down that path, preferring subject acceleration instead. They also use
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Pre-school
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I've always loved the "Your _____ Year Old" series by Loise Bates Ames. It's not a parenting book per se, more of a child development book. It goes from 1yo to 9yo with individual books for each age, then there's a single book for 10yo+.
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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My son is also in 1st grade, has a DRA level of 44 and reading a-z level of U/V. I was told that 44 was the highest the test goes as well. They don't test the kids' reading level after 4th grade and according to his teacher, DRA 44 is the end of 4th
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Pre-school
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I was going through some serious denial recently. Then DD (almost 10 months) did something that knocked my socks off. She points a lot in general either when she wants something or if she wants to know the word for something. But then last week she
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Pre-school
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my ds 3.5 walked late, potty trained late, and has sensory integration disorder. he walks on his toes, licks tail pipes and cats, freaks out about loud sounds. i knew he'd have trouble in school bc of his serious dislike for noise, texture, and chang
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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I agree with what's been said above about rigorous early identification. DD is only 10 months, which seems REALLY young to even consider giftedness. However, we've talked to our pediatrician extensively about it due to some other issues we've had (
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Recommended Resources
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They are offering my son study island also as a way to let him accelerate at his own pace. I am curious about the program though because I know they are using it to raise test scores which makes me feel like it is not a great program for gifted/acce
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Adding to what Dottie wrote, if the test is the WISC-IV, you can also get a General Ability Index (GAI) score. This score removes the Working Memory and Processing Speed scores, and gives you a score based on Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual reaso
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Elementary School
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Originally Posted By: mom2twoboysThanks everyone for you advice. I met with the new teacher today and had a brief chat with the reading specialist. I think this is going to be a much better fit for DS5. The new teacher has a plan for what she wants D
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Parenting and Advocacy
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I'm forwarding this on from another group I am on: Looking for stories from California parents who have had a hard time getting their child accelerated! I'm lobbying to get the California Legislature to adopt a bill requiring school districts to a
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GT Research
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and it has lots of magnesium
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Parenting and Advocacy
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Sounds like my DD to a T. Bedtime is ALWAYS when it comes out. She has gotten better over the years with learning to cope and hanlde her emotions. We had to do a lot of deep breathing techniques and talk through our anxiety when it would erupt fro
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Twice Exceptional
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Thanks! I'll check that out.
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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MON, We have similar issues because we're currently homeschooling one and sending the other to public school with no accomodations. He may be 2E, may or may not wind up a DYS kid like his big brother, may or may not move to homeschooling in the futu
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Pre-school
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He sounds almost exactly like my just turned 4 year old. He can't start K for two more years either. I would LOVE it if we had a special screening like that. You are definitely not wasting your time. Our cut off is Aug 1st with possibility of accep
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Twice Exceptional
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Thank you also, masterofnone. I also try to set the bar a little low in subjects where he struggles. French is a huge struggle and he got 71% on a test. I beamed from ear to ear and told him that considering how hard he worked and how little he knew
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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The nice part about signing up for the Explore through a talent search is having all younger kids at the test. There were some pretty big 6th graders, but some small 3rd graders, and the vast majority seemed to be 4th & 5th graders when GS10 too
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Originally Posted By: onthegomomOriginally Posted By: ColinsMum We've just got Descartes' Cove (http://cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/cove/index.html ) and I think that has the characteristics I'm thinking of: multistage problems involving several arithmetic
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Elementary School
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Oh, I know how much they like their little jobs at that age ! Luckily, my son goes to 2nd grade math while his 1st grade also have math, so he doesn't miss out on anything. Though on Wednesday, when he wasn't scheduled to go to his 2nd grade class,
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Age or Ability Specific Forums
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Thank you all for the great suggestions! Since DS is not a good napper, his teachers and the teachers from the next group up have arranged a little play group for the kids who wake up early and will hold the class in a large common area that has lo
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