... I can give some examples of our DS5 K program. 1/2 day, number and letter recognition to start. By end of year most read a little and some addition. The hard part for us was to understand that no matter how much the school tried to accomadate, our DS5 would always not fit in (academicly)...
Edwin, yes, this is exactly what we're worried about. During his pre-screen they made a big deal of the fact that he was already a reader (back when I thought all of this was just "normal"). I'm afraid that he'll be bored to tears and even if we supplement it won't be an ideal match.
We do believe that there is something to learn socially because these are good life skills to have. But right now he's a very well adjusted little boy and we probably have typical behavioral issues for a 5 y.o. (with maybe the exception that he's already outwitted me once during a lecture!). But that being said, my inclination is to expect at least some grade acceleration at some point. If not now, then down the road.
Not having a lot of reference points--case in point being that I thought most or all children know how to read before K and that counting past 100 was typcial--I was curious with the group's opinion of DS based on what I listed. It's going to be a while before the test results come through and it's not really going to change significantly our approach. Not yet anyways.
I'm really hopeful that we'll have a positive meeting but I have read and researched enough to know that we might have to be very vocal advocates for DS.
JB
