Posts by Katana

Like a PP said, public school will be a never ending battle for you. Most places don't have any kind of "gifted" program until third or fourth grade. Usually fourth grade. So for K-3, you will most likely have to advocate...

I found that by letting ds stay up till between 11:30 p.m and midnight, he would then sleep through to the morning. Mostly. He's 10 now, I still remember when he was 2, and would be up at 3:30 a.m, as awake as the rest of the world is...

Does anyone know if there are any doctors in the north western suburbs of Chicago (Vernon Hills, Libertyville, Grayslake area) who accept the All Kids payment plan and who are friendly to delayed/not vaxing patients? If there's no one...

I can't say much that hasn't already been said. I do think age and slow but steady exposure to "safe" social situations helps a lot with this kind of thing. But, for the most part, as others have said, you can't change who...

I'm just nodding my head to all of this. My dd1 is my most v/s, and just don't even try the memorization route. Like a previous poster mentioned, if we counted with objects, she got it. We would line up her favorite colors of...

Quote: Originally Posted by LuxPerpetua DD walked at 11 months and never crawled. Any other non-crawlers out there? I'm getting sick of people telling me that dd will have academic and coordination issues. She's 3...

Mind Ware. It's a site for all kinds of toys that challenge the mind, and every other part of the body. I love all the building stuff. It amuses them for hours. (No easy task). Ds's third grade teacher recommended it, and thank...

I'm a twin, born at 32 weeks, and identified as gifted when I was 2. I was slower with things like crawling, sitting, walking and standing. About 3-4 months behind. But with reading, writing, memory, I was very advanced. I was reading...

Ds took both, the WISC in Kindergarten and the Cogat in second grade. He scored very high on both, (top 1%) and with the WISC, we were told he received the highest score the administrator has ever seen. She also told us that visual...

Dealing with what you're dealing with is extremely draining, at times, and don't feel bad for being drained. I have learned not too, and it's the best thing I could have done. Quote: On an a personal note, did any of...