Hi La Texican,
What I meant by hothousing was pushing the reading thing artificially (i.e. beyond her natural interest) when there's no pedagogical or cognitive-developmental reason for her to learn it at this age. And doing it for me and my ego, not for her.
That's good and concise definition of hothousing.
If your teachers don't get your daughter, it's possible that they just haven't been exposed to someone as bright as her. Maybe they can learn from her, too. It sounds like they're quite capable, from what you wrote.
Don't know about anyone else here, but in spite of having been ID'd as gifted as a kid, I didn't really get what it was about until I had kids myself and started reading about it. Could be the same with your daughter's teachers. And if they start to understand her, they could start looking for similar characteristics in other kids.
