Well, here we are. Finally at the point where DS is feeling ostracized by the "guys".
He's in a small charter school in first grade and there's four other guys in first grade with him. However, he's been accelerated to second grade reading and third grade math. The kids in first grade have been telling him that he
CAN'T be in third grade math because he's a
FIRST GRADER!!! He told me today (as he was making out a Christmas card to the boy in question, no less...), that said-boy and another called him a "slow-poke" on the playground the other day. He told me that it doesn't make sense because he's the second to the fastest runner in the class. He was in tears as he told me that they said he's slower than ____'s baby sister (who is an infant).
I knew this day was coming but I'm feeling like I blundered the play. I told him that he's different than the other first grade boys and they are envious, so they look for ways to make fun of him. I suggested he hang with the third and fourth grade guys instead.
He's not entirely aware of his difference. (He's scoring in the 99th percentile on MAP tests) But he knows that something isn't "right".
Amazon has a book,
The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids that I looked a bit into. I just don't know if it's going to help him/us with this acclimation.
What do you suggest to help our son with "fitting in" to a small charter school in which he is one of five first grade boys?
