Last night we had DD5's kindergarten parent/teacher interview. She is continuing to exceed all of their expectations - it's a two year program in Ontario and she is in the second year.
DH and I feel very positive about the meeting we had last night. Her teachers recognize that she is well ahead of the curriculum and are offering her a lot of enrichment/level appropriate work.
This may seem like a small victory but her teacher told us that we should be discussing giftedness and started talking about the IEP's and In School review committees...which is something I wanted to broach with them tonight anyway. It was such a relief to see that her teachers get it; even though, as I've read on this forum, it may be a totally different story next year when she gets a new teacher.
I feel like at least I've got a foot hold to allow me to advocate and it's nice to finally see an educator acknowledge her abilities. Up until now, we've only had weird looks out in public and doting grandmother, "don't push her!" comments. Right now she's at a second grade reading level and working on multiple digit addition. She is chomping at the bit to get to multiplication.
I have to thank all of the posters on this board for their input whenever I've asked a question and for the useful commentary and dialogue that occurs in this forum. It has helped us tremendously. Hopefully our year continues in this positive vein.
