Not sure if you saw my first post about acrynoms... but for the longest time I was in complete denial about DS5 being gifted. I just thought he was a bright child. Being our first I didn't know that he was so far beyond his agemates until I went to K-school's orientation. That was the big shocker to me when I saw what they'll be teaching. At the end of the orientation I approached one faulty member and sheepishly explained to her that I think our child is seriously gifted and asked her about the gifted programs. As luck would have it, one of her children went through the local G&T program so I picked the right person to talk to. I came home and told DW "DS is gifted. I believe now". She smiled and said "I've been telling you this for a long time."
Yet I still had some lingering doubts. We went to the K pre-screen where he pretty much topped out on the screen. (3 parts to the evaluation. He had average motor skills, one perfect raw score, and a nearly perfect raw score for the other section. I forget what they were labeled but it was essentially math/logic and reading/verbal.) So basically he's hit a ceiling on their prescreen test. As luck would have it, the person that I talked to during orientation was the very same teacher that gave us our pre-screen scores. She said "I thought this might be you and your DS" and remembered our previous conversation. She gave us the name of a specialist to talk to. After we return from our vacation, we're going to see if we can arrange an informal meeting. As you mention Grinity, we're going to approach this very lightly. Our state provides for testing and identification so we should be able to request this in a very non-confrontational manner.
That's a good point too. Our K-school is separate. I'll take a look at elementary school and see what they say about entering early.
Very helpful to hear about other's experiences. Thanks.
JB
