Hi there!
First: Happy New Year to all
So, we went to Spain and saw the psi that tested DD. She (DD) seems to have goten over the bad experience with the optometrist. I followed as well the advice of Grinity and I have started to do some simple exercises in front of her and it is working. She shows curiosity and tries to do it
We are going to see another ophtalmologist who is familiar with eye exercises, so this seems in a good track now.
About the school... DD is less and less happy about it. Psicologist told us that the best is to 'hot-house' her, get her to do the eye exercises and once she is reading and counting then push for acceleration.
She told us to do some afterschooling in order to keep the loving of learning in DD alive.
On the other hand she told us that DD will have to get used to the school situation because for the time being is not going to change. Her teacher will not modify her curriculum, not because she should not, but because she simply will not do it (this was the words of the psi, I have not talked to the teacher yet).
I think the psi wanted to be realistic, but it sucks anyway.
After that, here at home I had a chat with a friend who is Professor at the University and she told me that the standards of education here are falling down and recomended that we put DD in an international school with a high educational standard.
She told me as well that Dutch society is
very egalitarian and that I should be very careful in announcing to the teacher that my child is gifted.
She told me as well, that as far as she does not speak a perfect Dutch, they (teachers in general) will hold this against her and think she is 'stupid' (well, I think she meant not intelligent).
Speaking about the teacher, it is clear now that she does not believe that DD is gifted at all. Bright maybe, but as well she thinks she is quite spoiled.
So we are looking at alternative school now, but we have not taken yet any decision.
Now my question, at the end so it idoes not get lost with all this rambling:
Can you recomend a good website for home/after schooling that I may use as a guideline to make a 'curriculum' at home. It can be in English, since I can then translate the activities into Spanish. TIA.
Rambling over.