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    I love his teacher, but for various school- and class-specific reasons, I don't think it's a great idea to have him read to them (or to the kindergarteners, the only grade below his). I don't think the gap needs to be emphasized further. He is already doing mostly his own curriculum and not required to attend many class activities or lessons (he can stay at his desk and work independently).

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    Originally Posted by SAHM
    I know he can read but he has been pretending he can't lately. Weird/sad when your kid who has been picking up books and reading them for ages starts pretending they can't read. Combination of not wanting to grow up and realizing through exposure to other kids that not all 4 year-olds can read and not wanting negative attention. (Thanks parent of peer for calling him a freak in a nasty voice. :-/ Parent rant: why on earth would a parent think that's ok?)
    A big hug to your DS.

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    Originally Posted by Portia
    Blatant brag - DS8 blew my mind away again this week.

    I finally found a history curriculum that I thought would be of interest. I targeted a semester to complete the year long course. Guess I picked well. He read it in 2 days. Yes. 2 days. My child who does not read voluntarily. Thinking he only skimmed it, I had him answer all the review questions. Nailed them all. Trying to stretch the curriculum out as much as possible, I had him write a summary for each chapter. I managed to "stretch" it to 3 days instead of 2. Sigh.

    Back to piecing together something. Fortunately, this came with "supplemental reading suggestions".

    *mental whiplash* Your son is quite the guy, Portia. What period was he studying?


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    With a kid like that I'd stop thinking in terms of curriculum and how long it will last, and just teach him all the history you can get your hands on! Fortunately, you can't run out of history.

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    Make sure you squeeze in the ancient African empires. For some reason empires attract even the reluctant reader...

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    And don't forget the Asian empires. Africa and Asia are seriously overlooked in almost all spine texts. Often lots of inaccuracies in them, too.


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    Everyone knows the only ancient empires worth talking about were Egypt, Israel, Greece, Persia, and Rome, and the only reason to even mention Persia is because "THIS. IS. SPARTA!!!"

    And by "everyone," I mean the Texas board that approves textbooks, and all that use them as a reference.

    Carthage? Nubia? What's that?

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    My daughter just turned four two weeks ago. She picks up a book at the library that's a 6th grade reading level and can pick any page and read smoothly. Even though she's been reading for quite a while.. she never fails to blow my mind with what she's capable of both reading AND comprehending. I could read when I was four.. but it wasn't books at the level she can read.


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    DD4 had an audition with a new string teacher. Our city's youth orchestra's current concertmaster and associate concertmaster are both her students so it's rather competitive to get into her studio.

    DD got in and her new teacher wants to know if we'd be willing to sign up for a competition next year and DD would be chosen as one of the 3 allotted entries from her studio. So it'd be the concertmaster, associate concertmaster, and DD.

    We don't do competitions so we'll likely decline for the next few years at least but it's still quite validating to know that we weren't imagining her talent.

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    Mana, she's a special girl! smile


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