Thank you both for your responses. Our SD does have a gifted program. It is a two hour, once a week pull-out where they work on a science project. While it is better than nothing, there are still many hours each week that need to be filled with a challenging curriculum. To be accepted to the GT program, a child needs an IQ of 125 or higher. I am not sure if they accept outside testing, but will find out soon! The kids took the OLSATs a few weeks ago and the results are expected in mid-December. The school also did some sort of math achievement test, the results of which will also be back in a few weeks. I plan to register for the sites that Grinity suggested to see where he is on my own.
In kindergarten, DS was reading on a third grade level and he loves creative writing. He likes to do math, but not on paper, only in his head. That does not play well with the first grade teacher who likes the kids to cross out the circles when doing simple subtraction problems. He is interested in science. He recently asked to learn chemistry, so we went to the library and he is learning about chemistry. There is not one specific area where he shines. I can say that without a doubt that he is a deep thinker. His thought processes are so much different than his peers and I could see how it would get old for him.
We have a private GT school in our area and we are considering it. The cost is very high though. I have also been going to see all of the private schools in our area trying to determine if we can find a good fit without going to GT school route. The first step is to see if we can make him fit were he is.
Grinity, your very specific ideas and questions are very helpful to me. If you have any others that pop up, please feel free to share again. Same goes for anyone else.
Thanks again,
momof5
