Hello! I'm Kelly - mother of a 3 year old little girl. I'm not completely sure I belong, but I'll explain a bit about us.
My daughter is 37 months, has been speaking in full sentences since she was 9 months (when she started walking), and currently has a crazy vocabulary. She can't yet read, but she identifies words on site, knows all of her letters, can write her name and any letter she is asked to, has a bunch of memorized books and can do simple addition/subtraction. Her pattern recognition and she constantly astounds us with her observations. She's currently in a Pre-K program half time and half-time in daycare pre-school because our state says she's too young to really be in Pre-K.
We went to her 3 year appointment today and her doctor explained that while he definitely knows she's gifted, that there are no resources for the top end kids, just those who need extra help.
Our largest concern is that our state doesn't allow for early acceptance to K, and she's already running through a large part of K curriculum 2.5 years before she'll be allowed in school. I'm worried that she'll be left bored and have no idea how to actually work hard until she's much older. Her father and I had similar problems growing up, where the lack of challenge early made the level of work we needed to do in college seem astounding!
So, I guess I'm just looking for some direction & resources and to understand what we can do to make sure we are doing everything she needs!
