I'm not sure if our DD's case would put you at ease or would make you worried but when she was 3, I was convinced that homeschooling was the only option. She was very academically driven and all she wanted to do was learn more and more and more. I assumed as she got older, her needs would only increase. Her father who was similar to her growing up kept on saying, "Wait and see. She's not always going to be this little child who wants to study. She's going to grow up and have other priorities."
Well, what a difference a year makes. She is 4.2 now and while she still loves books (especially nonfiction and comic books) and comes up with crazy math ideas, her priority is to play with age-peers. She doesn't even really like being with older children anymore. She wants to go to school full-time and is horrified by the idea of being homeschooled. She tells me to go to work so she can go to school.
She has been honing her reading skills since age 2 (she could read when she started talking) and math seems to be her natural first language so a typical elementary school isn't going to be a great fit. We are looking into a private GT school that does almost no teaching until middle school. I have serious reservations about this school and I'm not sure if DD is what they are looking for but if she gets in and we can afford it, I think she'll have fun. She might not learn much but she won't be bored out of her mind for 6 years. I can live with that, I think.
