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Hi all, newbie here. My DD9 (did I get that right - 9 yr old daughter?) just received her NWEA standardized test scores. Her Math and Reading scores both put her above the 99th percentile. Both scores would put her at about 75-80th percentile as an 11th grader.

She's already in the gifted program at school, but it's a couple of hours per week, and probably not stretching her. (When I was in 4th grade, they sent me to the library and/or principal's office to help stack books and file papers because they didn't know what to do with me once I had maxed out the material available. I don't want that to happen to her.) Is there a "start here" thread on communicating with her school to get her access to challenging material?


Also, since this is the place to shamelessly brag, she recently earned her 2nd degree Tae Kwon Do black belt and performed her spring solo piano recital.

Keep her writing! I won various poetry contests as a child and am still publishing poetry today. As you may know, though, it is not a lucrative field.

It's personally rewarding, however! Hurray for your DD, Gabalyn!

DS4 was trying to spell the word lion.

DS4: L
DD1: M (since it's after L)

DS4: I
DD1: J

DS4: O
DD1: P

DS4: N
DD1: O

It's so cute!

Cute, hellobaby! UM and HK, thanks for the kind words. UM, how fantastic is it that you are a published poet! Great encouragement for my daughter. I shared your remark with her.

There's nothing like reading poetry to inspire writing more of it, I find. There are some great children's anthologies of quality adult poetry out there. As a child, I was inspired by one called Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle.

I;m excited these days because I have noted a big resurgence in DD9's creativity, something that hasn't been seen much for months. I wonder if it's because schoolwork demands have really slacked off. In the past couple of weeks, she has written a short (funny) play, written pop song lyrics that were so convincingly, professionally love-song poppy that I was sure she was copying them down off her MP3 player (no), invented a new board game, invented a new, complicated origami (and it's cool!) and taught it to us all, and done some beautiful art. Wow!

Here are some of DD9's lyrics:

"When I was alone with you,
I could have sworn my smile could fill the world.
But then you left me there in an empty room
With nothin' to look at but a blank wall after you.

Every night I dream
About you and me walkin' away arm in arm...me and you.
But dreams--you can't make them come true.
And you left me there in an empty room
With nothin' to look at but a blank wall after you."

There were notes and scribble-outs in there that made it pretty clear she had written this herself, but I confess that I actually Googled this to see if it was plagiarized--doesn't seem to be at all.

That's terrific, UM!

My son just finished fourth grade in our local public school gifted program. He got all As even though they completed the fifth grade Everyday Math book and he was placed all year in the sixth grade vocab book. He was the only kid who is hearing impaired or has an IEP. His math team he was on also got first place for our city-wide math competition for his grade!

DD10 just got a letter in the mail from Belin Blank Talent Center that she has been invited to their Recognition Ceremony in the Fall for her EXPLORE test results.

I don't know if we can go to the ceremony or not, but we are excited about the recognition.