I feel your frustration....back when DS was 4 he was in a Montessori preschool and I will never, ever forget the day he wanted to bring one of his books from home into school to read to his teacher (it was a book about tornados- he had been reading since he was about 3 but had never asked to bring a book in before to school). He was SO excited and ran up to her when we entered the school to begin reading it to her and the first words out of her mouth were, "you shouldn't let him read such advanced book you know". My son's face dropped through the floor. She then went on to lecture me about how he should be off playing toys like the other kids instead of reading these higher up books because what will happen to him when he hits elementary school - he will be so far ahead and that wouldn't be good. For weeks afterwards, my son was scared of getting books at the library or book store because he said he was afraid his teacher would be upset that he was reading. What a shame people just can't revel in how amazing these kids are
