I'm the stressed out parent today!

[3rdtimesacharm]

I'm so sorry you're going through this, your son is lucky to have you advocating for him, but as you stated, you shouldn't have to been telling the teachers what they should be already doing!!

I am in a similar situation, my son just started jk, and I suspect he may be similar to your son. He is extremely gifted but also has some 'quirks' about him. The first teacher meeting, she told me she was concerned as he is often daydreaming and cannot answer simple questions when asked. Yet he comes home and memorizes the times table for fun. We see a specialist in paediatric development tomorrow.
Good luck, I hope your meeting goes well!

[bright sparks]

I'm so sorry you're going through this, your son is lucky to have you advocating for him, but as you stated, you shouldn't have to been telling the teachers what they should be already doing!!

I am in a similar situation, my son just started jk, and I suspect he may be similar to your son. He is extremely gifted but also has some 'quirks' about him. The first teacher meeting, she told me she was concerned as he is often daydreaming and cannot answer simple questions when asked. Yet he comes home and memorizes the times table for fun. We see a specialist in paediatric development tomorrow.
Good luck, I hope your meeting goes well!

Thanks and good luck to you too. Unfortunately certain parts of the brain aren't developed at such a young age and diagnosis can be difficult and quite often the wrong course of action is taking. My sons pediatrician suspected adhd, he actually has no symptoms at all, never has so I don't know why she came up with that. Additionally the Child Psychologist who assessed my son said he has one huge spike that the school board will automatically try to use to label him ADD because he becomes disengaged and withdrawn. This is actually a very classic and common sign of an under stimulated and bored child, which is not something wrong with the child, but the environment and teaching model in place. She made a very clear and concise statement in the evaluation write up that he does not have ADD and if he is withdrawing he requires harder and more complex work and then you will have his attention.

I just remembered a time when he was newly diagnosed, had a wonderful teacher thank goodness, and he was Gr 4. During French the kids would sit on the carpet and listen to the teacher. His teacher told me that almost religiously within a few minutes he would just get up and walk to the other side of the classroom and start doing something else. LOL can you imagine, most kids would get in so much trouble be labelled rude and insolent. This was when "deaf child" model of teaching was applied and while it's not applicable in lots of areas, this was a perfect example of him having no knowledge that she was talking and being drawn somewhere else lolol

I don't know which province you are in but if your son is displaying giftedness in Math at this young age you should look into a math program called "Spirit Math" He is at the perfect age to enter the program. It is an after school program, like a math club, but using a different math model than the Canadian education system and it is quite amazing. My son tried it for one class but he was older so was already in an awkward spot. He can do the work so uses the at home app, but in class with drills and time limits he shuts down and they can not accommodate 2E so that was that.