i have a 7yo that attends a montessori type school and he is in love with math. i have got a couple of compliments from another parents that have noticed that he's "advanced" for 1st grade but i really don't know. I've been told that he does lessons from a 3rd grade. when he was little i was concerned about him having a speech delay. he didn't talk until he was 28months old. However he was able to understand everything, he has always been in a bilingual environment. He has been great at doing puzzles, still loves to collect stones and he challenges authority. he learnt to play chess at 5.5yo and picked up piano fairly quickly due to his good memory, dropped the lessons because he couldn't stay seated practicing. In a montessori type environment kids are encouraged to go at their own pace therefore i'm not sure if he's gifted, he's never being bored at school because he's allowed to pursue his own interests, however all he wants to do and expresses is his love for math. I would like to have him either tested but don't know where to start or to be able to enroll him somewhere else besides school to fulfill his math interests. Any recommendations?I appreciate your comments/suggestions
