Update: First of all, I have read your posts many times since and want to thank you for taking the time to reply.
indigo, your list of support is my go-to info for these quicksand days. What you said is painfully true, "unfortunately it's the gifted parent lament... a quicksand kind of day becomes a quicksand kind of year becomes a quicksand decade of schooling. Meeting their needs may be a 24/7 pursuit because these kids are Gifted All the Time.
In the span of a week and a half he has taught himself how to write. He went from writing letters from memory to invented spelling to sentences with puncuation. He makes these little books all day at home. So all he wants to do at school is make books. For the first time, I could see that they understood what I was trying to convey. She told me this morning that they noticed he'll walk around acting bored, then go get some paper, make a book and then get up and play with the other kids. She said, "it's like it just 'centers' him.
Well, yes and no. It "centers" him because it's his passion to learn. For now, I think her perspective is that he's writing to calm himself and to a certain extent that is true, but he's writing because in his mind, just a little more practice and he'll be able to write anything.
I am thankful that they are getting to know him and allowing him to make his little books at school. But she looked at me with an expression and said, "I'm going to call you soon, I've been making mental notes, he doesn't want to participate in much."
I left heartbroken and on fire again to see if he can be a candidate for early entrance Kindergarden. I go back and forth on it all the time.
I hope he'll say he enjoyed school today when I pick him up.
