Hi, I am new around here. I have been lurking and reading all the posts and it feels so nice to have people out there who "get it".
My son struggled so hard this past fall in first grade. He is a young 1st grader with a summer bday. He tried so hard to get his teacher to look his way and acknowledge his ability, but she continually picked apart his handwriting. Since he absolutely cannot sit still for more than 10 mins (which is an eternity if you ask me), she was very displeased with his maturity level and his constant questions. She told us at conferences that he had a hard time following directions. Her example: She asked the class to write the numbers from 1-100. My DS wrote the #s to 130 just for fun. She was very upset he didn't follow the rules even though most of the kids couldn't even write to 100 and my son told her he could add them all together and give her the sum if she wanted. This really made her upset and really bothered us. The situation got much worse and we ended up pulling him. He is doing great at home school, loves to learn and be challenged.
Anyways, the neighbor district just wrote me and said they would love the opportunity to work with him. They are willing to grade-skip him and adjust the other courses around his needs. They are even willing to start him off PT to reassure him that school can be fun. We are so scared that he will have another bad experience, but on the other hand this is a kid who self taught himself all about atoms and I cannot keep up with his thirst. I can handle the math and LA, some physics and biology, but not chemistry. My DH is 100% on board with whatever I decide. He was very apprehensive of homeschooling, but who can argue with results and a happy, eager-to-learn child. So, have any of you enrolled your kiddos back into PS PT? Good or bad? Thanks so much! What a journey we are all on huh?
Heidi
