Re: challenging an intelligent child

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:22:16 -0400, Clisby <clisbyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Pepe Papon wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:16:05 -0700, janesire@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


My DD is an intelligent kid. She's 4 and she can read/write/do math
quite well. Her social/verbal skills are also good. She'll be entering
kindergarten next year. I looked at the curriculum and it's quite
basic. They teach them sounds of the alphabet, basic math etc. The
elementary school has a pull out gifted program but it's only one hour
a week.

How do you challenge a bright kid in this situation? Do you use any
programs like Kumon etc? ( I know Kumon has a bad rap for repetition,
I used it as an example). I can't home-school. I work full time. I
appreciate any insight.


You could always try a Montessori school. They place kids in grade
levels according to their readiness.

Not exactly. Of course, I can't speak to what every Montessori school
does since Montessori isn't a trademark - you can have a good bit of
variation among schools labeled "Montessori". However, in the
traditional Montessori setup, children are assigned to classrooms
according to age. It's just that the classes are multi-age: 3-6 is
primary, 6-9 is lower elementary, 9-12 is upper elementary, 12 to 14 or
15 is adolescent. The idea is that the children will work at whatever
level they're capable of. However, a 5-year-old who can read and do
math at a 2nd-grade level would still be in the primary class - she'd
just be doing 2nd-grade level work there.

Clisby

My kids went to preschool at a Montessori. They moved them up to
Kindergarten when they were still 4 years old. I don't know how the
program would have worked had we stayed there for the rest of grade
school, though.
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