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DD6.10 will be in 2nd grade, public school, in GT class in Very Large School System in northern Virginia.
DS4.6 will be in plain ol' preschool. (He'll start public K in Fall 2009.)

Our DS is 8.5 and continuing to homeschool (he's never been in school). Most of his homeschool lessons are on the high school level; a few are just above or just below that point. We have yet to find a traditional schooling method that would work for him.

Tara

Hi Tara,

Glad to hear your son is doing well. Hope you don't mind if I ask you a question.

What do you think would have happened if you had just sent him to regular kindergarten without truly addressing his learning needs?

My DS is 3, but turns 4 in November, thus missing the cut-off for our state-funded pre-k (I have called, and there are absolutely no exceptions). We don't use daycare currently - my husband and I alternate our work schedule, with both of our mothers filling in any days we both have to work. I am concerned about my son, and am considering putting him in a pre-school in the fall to get him used to school, plus the pre-k in our county is at local daycare/pre-schools rather than in the actual county-run schools. Does anyone have any suggestions on what sort of things I should look for? DS3 is already reading, knows his numbers, has been able to read the alphabet since long before 2, knows his shapes and colors, etc. After reading the posts, I'm certain that you have all experienced this, and I would love to hear your words of wisdom!

Thanks in advance,
Victoria

My DD is 7 and will be attending a private school for gifted kids next year for the second year.

We keep begging and window shopping at our neighborhood public. Only to keep coming back to... with 29 kids in a class, NCLB, and our LOG... We attend a gifted charter school (public in the it is free sense). I did post a blurb in the region section about it - those of you one for a little bit know I've been lurking here for a year and never tried to "plug" it. but if someone is in the same pickle we are maybe it helps. wwww.loraingifted.com (serves northeast ohio - sheffield - lorain - oberlin - rocky river - avon - olmsted falls).