Hi Jean,
Welcome!
I wonder if you already suspected your daughters reading level was high, if you also suspected that it was high in relation to the other in her class.
Do you have an idea if your child is more 'interaction seeking' or more 'internal' yet? I know it's early to tell, but if your daughter seeks interactions then subject acceleration is a wonderful alternative, where she gots up and goes to 2nd grade or 'where-ever' the the 'k' readers are. Yes the two teachers have to coordinate their scheduals, but really that's so little to gain so much.
If your daughter seems to be a more private person, then I would like to see her being in her 'own' reading group, at her own readiness level, in her regular classroom.
So that addresses the 'symptom' that the school is bringing to you - on to the larger issues ---
How does she do interacting with agemates? Does she seem happy? Is she showing signs of perfectionism? tension? acting out or acting in? Does she seem 'out-of-step' in social situations? Is she having stomach aches? Resisting going to school?
If the school has a gifted program, and a screening procedure, I would ask them to start their process. If any of the above are an issue for your daughter, then I would ask them to begin their consideration process for a grade skip, this year or, if it's a half-day Kindy program, perhaps starting next September.
You want her happy and challenged. You want her to have many many opportunities to practice social interactions that have a chance to teach her that the world is a good place, and that she can interact in it. How do I know what you want? I don't really, I was just getting carried away...opps! My biggest problem when my son was in K was that I wanted so many many things, that it was hard to focus on what was key - so I thought I'd take a try at reminding you what is key- LOL!
Love and More Love,
Grinity
