Friends,
I feel like a kid, I'm so excited to hear from ANYONE who understands! I very much appreciate your comments!!! Thank you! Thank you!
Cricket: Yeah, that comment was disappointing and discouraging!
It has set with me...obviously! I always thought we were realistic about ds's abilities, but this whole situation has us feeling crazy. Sadly, I am beginning to think they like to make you feel that way, so they don't have to do anything outside of their comfort zone. In terms of homeschooling, I'm not sure what I plan to do. Right now this works for us. After school started, it became apparent he was not going to get any direct instruction at his level, therefore HE began asking me for "math worksheets." Like I had some laying around!
I still didn't do much, focusing more on how the school could work with him. I am kicking myself for all the wasted time and effort that would have better been spent working like we are now. We currently work 1 hour a day and it has been like heaven! He's flying through the materials I purchased and we are thoroughly enjoying our time learning together! I think I will take it as it comes, but I do plan to continue this consistent routine throughout the summer. One of the things about being "advanced" is that you don't really have clear expectations or routine at school. Hopefully, this will teach him that as well as boost his confidence and satisfy his intellectual cravings.
Mom of 1: Our school has NO gifted program, so I will be relying on the administration and teachers to provide adequate instruction.
I wish you the best of luck next year! Have you decided to skip him?
Frannieandejsmom: Our boys are close!!
I will be very interested to see our WISC results!!! How did they help you?
I'm right there with you headed on to first grade next year. I even questioned our principal on what they planned to do with him considering he spent 6 weeks in first and aced it. He said, "Well, if he needs division problems instead of rocket math addition tests, we'll give him division." I'm fine with that, it's just that I'd like ds to have some peer (not age-mate!) interaction with children like himself. I'm not sure one grade skip would give him that anyway, but he was much happier. Guess what?! We too lost our principal, so I'm prayerful the incoming one will be open to providing more appropriate assistance! Oy! Who expected to go through this drama?!
How are you liking Singapore? I LOVE it! We are whipping though 2A and it's exciting! My concern is when his knowledge surpasses mine...
You should check out RAZ kids! It's pretty great! It is the program our district uses and it's still up for the summer! Yay! DS is at level O. He could do more, but with only 20 minutes of computer lab time per week, he could barely get the story read, then he'd have to wait a week to answer the questions. This is the nonsense I'm talking about! You'd think his teacher would figure out how to get him more computer time. Like duh, he's not like the kids on level A reading 1 sentence per page and answering 5 questions. It really made ds nervous to have to work so quickly and then wait a week to answer such tough questions. Now that he's working at home, it's actually enjoyable!
I'll be curious what his Fall MAP scores look like now that mommy's in charge... tee, hee Maybe somebody will FINALLY listen?!
