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We looked at a nearby Waldorf School very briefly before we had any clue DS was GT. They do defer reading and focus on the alphabet in 1st grade ...

http://www.waldorfanswers.org/WaldorfFAQ.htm#9

Another interesting answer on this site regarding GT children.

http://www.waldorfanswers.org/WaldorfFAQ.htm#20

Depending on your child, a Waldorf school may be ok? The one we looked at started violin with every child in 1st grade and did a lot of hands on activities - art, drawing, etc ... It is a unique philosophy and I sure don't think it would work for every child! Our DS would not be happy here! You are with the same teacher for your entire school experience. Which could be wonderful. Or could be an absolute nightmere depending on the teacher and the child.

I once came across a thread about Waldorf, which included lots of additional links. It was not a nice reading. There is even a support group for people whose kids attended Waldorf and left or were expelled. It was quite scary.

Try googling Waldorf teeth reading. And yeah to me teeth and being ready for reading and such has nothing in common. Hey, perhaps DS3 would make the cut. He lost his 1st tooth when he was 1 month old. No, I didn't loose it and it's not a typo. He really lost a baby tooth when he was 1 month old.

He was born with 2 teeth. We were told that those were extra set of teeth and he would loose them and get baby teeth. A few weeks later one of them became loose and had to be pulled. We were again told that he would get a real baby tooth and that we would be back with the second one before he was 6 months old. They don't really take x-rays at that age if they don't have to so they couldn't really tell.

The baby tooth never materialized and the 2nd one is still there What I think happened was that the teeth weren't well aligned and 2nd baby tooth pushed out the first one.

DS3 now has 19 teeth which makes DS5 happy since he has more teeth. DS5 still has all his baby teeth and judging by how long it took him to get them all, I don't see him loosing them any time soon.

It makes for a nice not ND story one can share with everybody. LOL.

"Correspondingly, a child who picked up the material quickly might be given harder problems of the same sort to work on, or might be asked to help a child who was having trouble"

That's from the Waldorf link Kim provided about kids who are behind or ahead.

The Waldorf school around here is like 20K per year. Shouldn't they be paying the child instead if they are asking child to be a Teacher's assistant?
That is scary.

Incog

And why people think that a child who masters material practically effortlessly is going to be able to communicate well with a child who's struggling is beyond me.

"How did you get that answer?"

"I don't know. I just did!"

Ugh.

The logic just ain't there, teachers!