Hi,
I am new to this forum. I am hoping to get a little more insight on my families situation I am a mom of five children all very bright and well adjusted kids. My 4th child is 7 years old and in the second grade. he has always been very bright and very aware of his envirement. He loved being read to. He was always very attentive and just aware of his envirement. He started finally reading on his own at age 3. I thought this was very normal because all of my children love to read going to the library is like going to the candy store. I relized one day at in a mommy and me class that the other children didnt know how to read. I justified this achievment, by well he is the youngest out of 4 and all my children are avid readers and all read to him. We went on living as we do without question to us this was very normal. In preschool at age 4 He was asked to come up to the table to write his name the teacher was standing on the opposite side. He proceeded to write his name but he wrote it upside down and backwards from where the teacher was standing it was perfectly written she ask why did you write your name like that His response so you can read it from where you are standing.He is very clever and very mature but a very happy boy. In kindergarden was another wake up call he was reading The Magic Treehouse series, a book every other day. Once again while helping out in the classroom I started to relized that this wasnt so average. his teacher gave him more challenging work and just called him smart. He never broke any rule never was complained about being at school. He was the perfect student.In first grade once again was the ideal student forget learning the first grade cirrculum he had already mastered it in the first week. Finally I asked him do you get bored in school and he said no. I do other things when I finish my work like I count everything it is quite fun. I now relized he thoght himself to multiply, divide, adding lage numbers and so on. The teachers response is he'll probably go into the gate program in 4th grade.He is so content and well ajusted let him be. The more I push the school to do more for my son the more they brush me off as the doting mom. He does have 4 great friends his own age plays baseball every chance he gets and is very in tune with himself.He is a leader and has succeeded in everything he has attempted even self teaching himself to play the piano. He is now in second grade and recently shared with me that school is getting in the way of his way of learning.His reason for going back everyday his 4 best friend since kindergarden he would miss them to much. Our household envirement has always been a creative one and non judgemental anything goes as long as the rules are followed. Feelings in our house are deeply respected.Thats why I am here looking for advice. There is know that that he isnt very intelligent and clever and sensitve. He has never had a IQ test.Things have always just gone so well for until now. I'm not sure whee to go from here?
Baseball mom
