What I meant is that I have not done classroom type worksheets or things like that. He just has never been interested in learning that way from me.
He is 4 years old. He doesn't need worksheets unless he likes them or it buys you some sanity time.
How many hours a day is the early K program? Have you been in there and spent time observing the classroom? It's worth a quiet visit to see what is offered there.
One one hand, when the children are younger, they haven't had time to learn so much that the school experience is 100% worthless. On the other hand, when the children are younger, they are natually less emotionally mature and less able to deal with a bad fit environment.
Think about the shape of the bell curve. Over on the tail, most of the bulk of the kids at any cutoff, are quite close to the cutoff. You child is likely 'far' from the cutoff, which means that in a group of gifted children of his own age, he might still be 'quite different.' So books aimed at the parents of gifted children kids might be helpful or misleading - see?
Post your questions here and we'll try our best. 1000 isn't an unusual number. Go to the library and see what books they have on gifted children and get started on reading them before you go buying stuff. If you can't wait, I like '5 levels of Giftedness' by Deb Ruf. The stories will convinse you that you aren't the only person on earth facing this particular challenge.
Smiles,
Grinity
