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Thanks, ElizabethN!

Thanks KT for starting this thread and advice here. I asked DD's piano teacher over her kinder teacher and wondering the same thing.

How about a pediatrician who sees your kid once a year?

Can the pediatrician speak to out-of-level behavior and/or accomplishments?

Thank you, Solaris.

I think I'm going to use a friend of the family who is a veteran teacher. She was in a mothers' group with me when I had my son and she's known him for years.

Thank you for starting this thread! It is timely for us too...
Just got the scores back from the WISC and he qualifies, but we didn't do comprehensive achievement testing, so I am submitting a portfolio....
My son is 6 yo, and I'm struggling who to choose for a nominator. He has a former sitter who has watched his development from birth. She is an advocate for people with disabilities and knowledgeable about IQ scores, normal development, etc. But she's not a teacher. Really hoping it is ok to use her as a nominator because she GETS it!!

Speechie... I'm a rookie here but I would go with the sitter as she has background plus she has seen your son in action. That's just my two cents

The point is, who (outside of family) has had the most contact with our children and knows them best? The pediatrician who sees them once a year. Obviously, that won't work, so we can't do this.

It's not obvious to me that you can or that you can't. Our pediatrician could definitely speak about the giftedness of our kids, despite seeing them relatively rarely. Others might not be able to.

Thank you for your encouragement
If our beloved sitter is unable/unwilling, then I will approach his teacher/reading specialist. The school is pretty good, but I'm not sure that they get HOW different he is, just that he's bright, yk?
I want someone who has good examples of his drive and desire to explore his interests in depth, his early language development, etc...