My DS4 doesn't read yet and he's not terribly interested in books, so I doubt that he's going to be one of the types of gifted kids who teaches themselves to read at 4.
He scores high on the visual spatial section of his test (The psychologist said it was the highest she'd ever seen.). I'm getting a (very expensive!) copy of "Upside Down Brilliance" soon and I hope that gives me some insight into his brain.
I'm thinking of homeschooling next year (He's currently in a Montessori program.) and sort of experimenting with different ways of teaching him.
It's been really difficult because he'll refuse activities that are "too easy" but also shut down when something becomes too hard. For example, he's been playing Dreambox, but has come to a point where his only activity choices are three things that he doesn't quite get immediately -- or want to take the time to figure out -- he just gives up.
I could plan 10 activities and he won't want to do any of them.
He doesn't usually do well with independent activities either, so he requires a lot of attention.
So just wondering if anyone out there has some suggestions for the type of kid who's not yet ready to totally jump into a project on his own and lose himself in it.
