So, I called 2nd grade teacher and basically the discussion on her end had turned from "he's overwhelemed." to "Wow! He's doing great!" She told me that she figured out that if, instead of separating him out with the others that were having difficulty with a concept, she let him work through it on his own that almost always figured it out without any intervention. ... The conversation that I expected to be a few minutes ended up lasting over a half hour with the teacher repeatedly telling me that she had, in fact, been very leery of having a Kindergartener in not only Reading, but Math as well. She was pretty apologetic and explained that she was not aware of ever having had a K child in her class that was as far advanced across the board as Connor is and therefore couldn't have imagined that it would work.
Good for you - I know that I think better when I have a chance to think aloud and be listened to, and I've seen it work time and time again. In might be true that it's not fair to ask a parent to do this sort of service for a teacher, but given how unusual our kids are, it's unsuprising.
Yippee!!! You have a happier kid!
Grinity
