we are having a similar problem when we think of k placement for ds. he is also 4.5...and way too smart to wait another year to go to k to learn his alphabet. lol. we are working with our school district in an attempt to get him an IEP that would service his gifted abilities. if it doesn't work...our only choice will be homeschooling him as i believe he will be so bored in a year when he will be old enough to start k that i think i would be doing him a disservice to send him at that point. the principal of his school wants to see him start now, with support for his most advanced areas.
i often joke that if i sent him in a year with no support the teacher would say, "eli, what are you doing? come to the floor and learn the letter q with the rest of the class." and eli would say, "i was just reading your teacher plan book. i noticed that at 11:30 language arts is over and we were supposed to switch to math to learn to identify the number 4, and it is now 11:45. you are off schedule."
