When my DS was 5 and was puzzled that this great place called Kindergarten where he was going to learn all these fabulous things never worked out and he kept asking me why he never learned anything at school, I told him - as matter of factly as possible. I told him that some kids are able to master elementary academics in a short period of time and are ready for even more but that for others, it takes 4-5 years to reach that point. I also told him that getting tested helps the tester write down what his brain's strengths and weaknesses were and that it helped the parents find other options - and that the tester's report would help us approach other schools that would give him work that matched his skill sets. He used to feel like a misfit before, but since we tested and then moved him to another school, he has met many gifted kids and found peers (even a few that are more gifted than him). He understands that he was trying to fit in before and that there was nothing wrong in feeling bored in a class where there was nothing to learn.
