Thanks for the input. I will check out all those online resources. I think some of his dissappointment is having much less free time (so probably the same as every starting K -er.) But he is also really bummed at not getting challenged (or recognized) at all. I did send some advanced reading for their "quiet time", but I was trying to delay the whole "my son needs challenged" approach (at least initially) . My friend gave me a great first grade curriculum breakdown of the student's whole year (awesome resource from their teacher). My son has met most of it already, but I see a few areas of development : journal writing, handwriting, and spelling. I know they will start doing the writing thing (with creative spelling) in K. If we are considering requesting a skip, we drfinitely need to work on his handwriting.
Oy. I wish things were starting out more positive for him.
