OK, so when my DD8 said "oh" at 7 weeks old (on video), and did all sorts of other things way too early for her age, I continually denied her giftedness, much to DH's dismay. Fast forward to this spring/summer: DD3, who was DD2.5 then, started writing all of our first names without us spelling them for her, writing the entire alphabet left to right all the same size, etc., and started saying "S-T-O-P, stop" when she saw a stop sign (not to mention advanced math). Still I denied it - even after DD8 was finally officially identified (we are now discussing a grade skip for DD8). That is, until last night.
Last night, our barely 3 DD went to pick up dinner with DH. She pointed to the word "salads" and said "salads daddy". When he told me that, I said she must have heard someone else say it or something and again thought to myself how sweet it is that he's so proud of them.
So how did I finally admit it? It was when DD3 herself told me about reading "salads" later, and then spelled "salads" from memory, and then said "see mommy, I told you I don't need to practice reading anymore" (when she wants to play scrabble with us, we tell her she can play as soon as she learns how to read). I didn't even know she knew the word practice! We have never said that to her; we have talked about learning to read, not practicing to read.
So now I need advice. DD3's b-day misses the Kindergarten cutoff by 25 days, meaning she will turn 6 two days after starting kindergarten unless we do something to get her started a year earlier. The policy in our district is completely age-based unless we send her to a private school for Kdgn a year early, in which case they would let her begin 1st grade in the public school the following year instead of Kdgn as planned. Should we go for it?
(I think I'm still in denial - part of me thinks I shouldn't even have to ask the question, but I feel compelled to do so anyway...)
