He's a little sponge and absorbs every experience. I was amazed Easter when he pulled out "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and started reading it to me. I thought he was memorizing books before then. Can you fault me for buying books after that and asking him to read them to me? My mother says he will be bored in school
MON's honesty is so compelling - I bet lots of us had some version of these thoughts before we met our kids!
For me, it was trying to keep my son from being bored at school
AS IF that were my personal responsibility it turns out that in fact, it is the responsibility of the school to provide an appropriate education for the child not matter what their readiness level is. But really, that's how I saw it - when I was a bored gifted kid the school acted like it was somehow my own fault for being interested and alert, and I believed them until my son taught me differently. Until them I 'just knew' that something was wrong with me, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was - still I was very afraid of passing along my 'taint.'
If your son is reading Peter Rabbit at age 2, he already knows enough to be bored in kindergarden = so tell your mom it's too late. She was probably a bored little girl at school and believed them when they told her it was her fault! Ask her tons if questions about when she and her sibs learned to read, and how they handled school. Ask if anyone was gradeskiped or subject accelerated. She what she knows about your father's family. Does she have any friends who were actually early college kids? If you have the spare attention.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
