Welcome CCmom,
Do the application - babysteps! It took me 6 months and I wasn't unusual. Remember the shape of the bell curve? - most of the YSP kids are right on that borderline!

As for the homework - can he skip it all together? Since he is 'practing' in class and in computer lab? Just a though!

Is your son the regular age for 1st grade? I was thinking that his teacher sounds nice, but perhaps he'd fit better with the 2nd graders doing 3rd grade curriculum with Math pull out?

Enjoy -
Grinity

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