My son is highly+ gifted. We were homeschooling for 1/2 of last year when we pulled him out of a really bad first grade classroom mid-year.
Homeschooling was okay. He liked being able to do his own thing, but he is really social and loves his peers (same age and intellectual, even if his same age peers don't return the love).
We've just moved to Portland, OR and not really knowing anyone, my son wanted to go to school. We have a pretty good local school--and there are other gifted kids in his class.
He will go through the TAG evaluation soon, and the principal has already mentioned TAG to me as well.
But what else can I do? I'm so nervous. He seems to like school. His teacher seems a little hung up on the whole socialization thing, but his behavior around his peers has far more to do with over-exciteabilities (sp?) then homeschooling. He gets really, really excited around other kids sometimes. But how I can I see if he 'gets' gifted kids, and how can I spare him from 'worksheet hell'?
Thank you for reading and thank you for your help!
--Starman
