I want to have the teacher on side, not alienate her or get typecast as a pushy parent. I'd like to have her be excited at her discovery and pleased that she figured it out. And I'm not 100% sure that DD's got any advanced mental abilities beyond an interest in the topic and a bored parent. I'd feel a right loon if I went in there claiming brilliance when it's not the case.
But I'm not going to let it go on forever if DD doesn't get challenging work. Some of DD's personality traits make me think that she won't show her abilities/knowledge unless the person knows or suspects that she can do it. Like, she'll say to me "what's five times three?" and if I say "five threes? What do you think?" she'll say "I don't know", but if I say "three fives? A hundred and forty four!" she'll laugh and say "no, silly, it's five, ten, fifteen." But if I wasn't expecting her to know the answer I wouldn't push her for it. And she doesn't like to be challenged, and she's kind of spacey. And she gets things wrong a lot as well.
I will talk to the teacher about it, but I'm not sure how long it is reasonable to wait to allow her time to get to know the children, get them comfortable in the school environment and figure out where they all are in terms of development/knowledge. Definitely two weeks, but is a month too long or still too short? How long does it take them to get the kids settled down and to fully assess them?
Last edited by Tallulah; 09/03/10 10:35 PM.
