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And writing. Can they write 4 pages of drivel in 15 mins about what they did in the weekend when the weekend is simply no longer relevant.

I'm sending you a private message, eyreapparent.

PMed you, Aquinas.

Just wanted to give a quick update about our parent teacher conference. The advice and information you all offered was spot on.

The teacher and ECE agreed that DD was extremely advanced orally and that her reading level was beyond the kindergarten curriculum. They mentioned that we might want to think about enrolling her in French immersion for grade one. I just put that suggestion aside for now as I'm really not sure what to do about that.

They did mention that her writing output was no where near her reading/verbal skills and that she needs to work on her writing grip - they said that she's actually on target for a four year old but when compared with her verbal abilities she should be able to produce more. I think that is the definition of asynchronous development, no?

They also mentioned that differentiation in the class was completely possible at this point but that things will probably change in grade one. Right now even though DD continues to say that she doesn't learn anything in school, she is happy attending kindergarten due to the social aspect of it.

We are ok for now, but I sense that there may be issues once she enters grade one or even sooner, as kindergarten is a two year program here. Thanks again for your help. I'm so glad that there are other parents out there who can commiserate and don't think that I'm just a pushy, braggy parent!

Thanks for the update. So glad to hear things are OK for now. Savor the moment.

Just something you may want to keep simmering on the back burner... in preparation for the day when you may need it, you may want to keep up with logging books DD reads, storing her selected works in a portfolio, and reading up on advocacy books from prufrock press, great potential press, free spirit publishing.

Great suggestions! Indigo, I'm going to try and savour the moment and I will follow your advice about creating a portfolio. The idea that she is stagnating IS simmering quietly in the background. I find it so strange that our school system is worried about "pressuring" her to learn things when she's chomping at the bit to learn about anything and everything and it feels like they're yanking on the reigns yelling slow down!

Master of None, yesterday after reading your post, I asked DD if she wanted to write a book with me sometime (like maybe tomorrow) and she jumped up and said, "Can we start now?". She has plans to create a book and then turn it into a movie. Fun times.