Thanks for all the replies! I'm so glad that I can come here and you all understand! I tried to talk to a good friend about this (her child is bright ND), and she totally didn't get it. But then again, I don't talk with her about what my DD can do, so I really shouldn't have brought it up with her anyway.
Cathy, did you skip your DS out of K or after K? Did he go right to second grade? I've heard good things about the Singapore Math books, I think I will look into them. I'm always worried that we're missing something in her math learning.
Guy, that is a great suggestion. I'm going to start saving my DD's work too. I have already started a reading log for her, including the grade equivalent for the book as per Scholastic's book wizard. I love your suggestion about having your child write the reading log! My DD's writing is probably her weakest area as well. Those fine motor skills don't grow as quickly as the understanding I guess.
Kerry, I'm also going to track her known math concepts as you did...good idea! I don't have any idea if they will allow her to go up a grade for subjects. I'm not sure if my DD would like that anyways since she is fairly shy. It all depends on how bored she is in K I guess. Her PreK didn't challenge her at all since they didn't believe me about what she could do until the very end of the year. She didn't seem to mind though, and viewed it all as playtime. The disbelief is why we had her tested, so we have documentation for the teachers and school. At least your DD's K teacher believed you and was open to suggestion, that is helpful.
I agree, 32 is a really weird number to have them count to. I had to laugh when the K teacher was doing pre-screenings to make sure kids were ready for K. They asked her about shapes, colors and had her throw a ball. I think they also asked her to count to 10. She came out and said "That was silly!", but at least she liked the teacher.
Thanks for all the great suggestions and advice! I'd love to hear more if anyone has more to share!
--Dawn
