Originally Posted by jesse
This article I found useful, not sure if you will:

"What it means to teach gifted learners well"
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=659
esp. this point:
2) Instruction for gifted learners is inappropriate when it asks them to do "more of the same stuff faster." Reading more books that are too easy and doing more math problems that have ceased being a challenge are killers of motivation and interest.

And as you consider his education down the road, I found this article interesting for our own child who also skipped K and went to Gr. 1.

What a Child doesn't learn
http://www.wku.edu/academy/?p=430
We've been considering that this is rather important, other than the basic academics and doing well on tests.

I hope it helps a little bit.


I just want to add that you can find hundreds of articles and books that back up this type of gifted thinking.

I suggest read about how to talk to teachers too. It helps to be very posiitive and avoid words like he is bored. When I used this the teacher became insulted when I was only trying to tell how my child feels about his day.

Hang in there. This is a challenge.