Cym -
I totally agree with you about the 'club' kind of pull out program. They are really hard to 'defend' and I'm not sure I would. It's ok for pull outs to be fun, but only if it involves enough above level hard work that the other kids couldn't keep up, and would have no desire to.
It's the schools who are so sure that each child develops a readiness for various activities along somekind of timetable. If there is such a thing as Normal Development, than can't there be a pull out gifted program for children who are on an alternative development path?
((shrug))
Grinity
