Preparing for... Kindergarten!

[rlogan 2,036]

We've been homeschooling. Kindergarten starts in two weeks. The law says no matter where our son scores on subject tests, he has to enroll as a kindergartener. He tested today at mid-7th grade in reading, about what we expected.

We found the local school's entire grade school curriculum - it's online. It took him four days to finish the entire 2nd and 3rd grade spelling and math lesson sets. Thirty spelling lessons, over 400 words, so two hundred words per day, no problem. Churning them out like a machine.

At the end of kindergarten, at our local school, he will be expected to write both his first and last name.

Right now he is averaging 143 math problems a day. We started late in math, but we are finishing hard. This is the home stretch, and we're going to hit this out of the park. It won't be as high as reading. But even third grade would have been more than I expected. Fourth - yeah, that is what he is studying now. Past my expectations, but be could pull off even higher.

So wish him luck.

[TBoneTX 43,042]

Maybe he'll benefit from the social experience.

[Golden Gate 530]

My son was a pretty normal kindergartner, but he did know more than what was expected in school, so once he hit the mark of what was expected (counting just to 14, wow!), he took advantage of these low expectations to spend his time in the play house area as much as possible, which you only could do if you were done with your work. Seems like at least you should see if you can find a gifted program for him.