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Published Jul. 10, 2008

I have a serious question......Yeah i know - not normal for me

 

My daughter will be starting kindergarten this August - She is 5 years and 3 months old - She has always been WAY ahead of where her peers were among speech, walking, everything!!!

 

I was sitting on the couch last night and she brought me a book that I know she hasn't memorized (she has a habit of that) She continued reading it and made it through the whole thing without even a stumble.......I am amazed at my daughter, as I am sure everyone is, and I know that she did not get this from my wife or I......She has memorized an 8 digit code(storage unit) only after a couple of times of me telling her and then still remembered it after a 6 month break........

 

My question is  -  Is she ahead of normal kindergarteners entering?



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my son is 4.5 yrs old, he can read 9 books to himself at a first grade level, he can read any word put in front of him and recently he has started reading every name casted at the end of the movie. some children have the abiility to site read without knowing what they are actually reading. she will be tested soon enough and that will give you the answer =)

What school, DJM?

If your child really taught herself how to read by age 5, she may truly be gifted in languages. If she learned it from someone, or by watching instructional tv or videos, she's probably at least "advanced". IMHO, if she is truly gifted, that gift will be wasted in public school, even in an advanced or magnet program. NCLB is forcing all resources to go towards pulling along the slower ones, to the detriment of the gifted/advanced ones. If there's anything you can do to swing it, look into private schools. They are unencumbered by NCLB and all the other beaurocratic bull**** that goes on in public schools. All the kids in my daughter's school have to work hard or they *will* get left behind, just like they will in life. Also, they have to behave themselves or they *will* get kicked out, with no refund of $'s, so the parents and teachers keep them in line. Get a second job, whatever, it's worth it.

Also, we are very happy that we are in the school district that we are in. We bought our house specifically with this elem. school in mind.

she starts at a magnet school in august cleo

She sounds a lot like my niece. Get her into a magnet school!

IDC, he is pretty gentle, until we start wrestling - LOL. He weighs about 50 lbs and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. He can be quite sensitive though, and gets quite upset if he is yelled at.

it sounds as though it will take more than the lord for feisty.....i will cherish the little years while i can

TMAN: He is huge! Is he gentle? The big boys usually are...

TMAN: Good grief! He's probably more healthy because he hasn't consumed that "poison" we give our kids!

FEISTY: May the Lord be with you! LOL

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