I often wish there was a play date site for gifted kids like there are dating sites for adults. It's hard to find true peers for DS5. He has some friends at school, but often seems to get along better with the second graders on his bus than the first graders in his class. He hasn't done anything with his school friends outside of school yet. He seems to gravitate more towards girls, who often seem more patient with his quirks and think he's cute!
Definitely can relate to this. My DS5 is in first and he gravitates towards girls most of the time, and then 2nd grade boys on the bus (school only goes up to 2nd grade). It is defintely tough. We have had no playdates, although we do Odyssey of the mind but the 4 others on his team are all girls. Only one parent knows he skipped K. I don't think others in the classroom know either, although who knows what kids tell their parents since he gets significant differentiation. It was odd the other day when a parent from Odyssey was complaining about the curriculum and the spelling words and writing them 3x each. I think she thought it was too easy and just a waste of time. I agreed, but it was strange since my son has completely different words and tasks.
Get togethers with most of my family and friends are fine. They get how different DS5 is. But with DH's family they mostly get it, but my kids have cousins around the same ages. I also have DD2 that is quite brite. She will be seeing her cousin who is also 2 but almost 3 (7 months older). So it will be strange, I know she talks a lot more than him but I am hoping it is not that obvious. Everyone has been accepting about the older boy, but they don't know about my DD2 yet and her skills. That will be interesting to see.
