Posts by egoldber

Our school district uses the CogAT as one element in their GT placement. My older DD scored at 94th percentile, yet her WISC scores had her at 99.9+ percentile.

I learned multiplication in third grade in the 70s. My older DD (finished 2nd grade 2 weeks ago) just did Singapore 3A and 3B for fun over the last month. A lot of kids find learning and doing math fun, so it isn't necessarily a...

Our district has a range of services. There are self contained GT classrooms starting in grade 3 (you test in during grade 2). There are also GT pullout services for kids who don't test into the GT classrooms.

Quote: day summer camps (many of which provide assistance to families who need it). The problem with summer day camps is the same as with the regular school day. It is not enough coverage when both parents WOH full...

Quote: I'm sure more schooling would be funded by... ??? In the year round schooling model, (at least the one mentioned in the article) the kids are not "required" to attend any more school than in the...

Quote: I think if the trend in the class is for children to be older w/ several years of pre-school under their belts, the teacher tends to advance the curriculum to engage those older children coming in with more...

Yes, I thought the article was interesting. My DH wants us to move to Alexandria, so that was part of his incentive in sending the article to me LOL!! But I thought that this hit it on the nail for me: Quote: But...

I read this article and thought about this thread. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ml?nav=igoogle

Quote: I let my dd read what she wants. She has picked up things she found scary, and she just stops reading if something bothers her. This is what I do. I would not deliberately steer her toward something I knew...

Another series she read recently was All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor. Very sweet and gentle, although a bit dated. Other fantasy type series.... Moongobble and Me by Bruce Coville Jane and the Dragon Time Warp Trio (Magic...