My daughter seems to be more intelegent than average children. She has supper memory and so aggresive to learn and read books. Her teachers at kindergarden say she is far too intelegent for a child at her age and you have to work with her at home.
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If you are in the United States, she should be tested for qualification in a gifted education program... extremely bright children benefit greatly from time with peers of similar ability involved in programming targeting their real skill levels.\n\nIf the teachers say that she is too smart for them to work with her, um, what are you paying them (your taxes, etc.) for? Have you spoken with your principal?\n\nI should clarify here that they may feel you are overestimating her abilities, or that you are pushing her too hard. She is a child, and should be allowed to have her childhood, no matter how smart she is. She has a lifetime to learn facts and new skills.\n\nThat being said, don't let them stick your kid in with even older students...she still is 4 years old, and needs to be allowed to be 4. If she's in with older students, her social and emotional development will suffer. She's started a year early already. Don't let the difference in age between her and her classmates increase to a point where she has no real friends.\n\nThe classroom teacher should have centers activities and individual instruction time geared to your child's ability levels. The teacher should be practiced in asking higher-order thinking skills questions for her to answer (Bloom's Taxonomy). When your child gets into higher grade levels, she should be given less skill drill, and more independent projects focusing on those higher thinking skills.\n\nIn any case, start her in music, or art, or dance, or some other lessons involving creativity.\n\nGive her a few regular household chores...many gifted kids spend so much time in lessons that they never learn how to take care of their home.\n\nGive her free time to play on her own.\n\nFill your house with a variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, at all different reading levels. Give her a chance to do the math when you go to the store, balance your checkbook, or are cooking/building something.\n\nGood luck!
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Their brains are going through the largest change since toddler hood.  There is so much going on in there and they haven't learnt how to process it all yet.  You sound like you have a good attitude towards it, keep it up, this too will pass!
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Try being a little bit more strict, not to the point of being harsh though. Just let them know that you are their teacher, and they need to stay on task. Also be consistent with your punishings. For instance, if one week you punish a lot of children for talking, and the next week you slack off a little bit, then they may get the idea that its okay to talk whenever they want to. Hope this helps. =)
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Kind of sad, there only child and they won't support her education, the only way i don't support my children's education is if there screwing around and partying instead of working hard at getting good grades.\nBut the answer is YES
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Why not take advantage of the fact that they are young enough to reprogram them out of the typical "one size fits all cookie cutter" approach to learning? Have you looked into other methods along the home-schooling spectrum? I would pick up a few good books about home schooling elementary aged children and start getting creative instead of relying solely (if at all) on a packaged curriculum.
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No. It isnt a bad thing. No one can be too smart. The problem is most people are intimidated by very smart people. Dont let her bother you. You have a great gift.
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stop her more frequently and call her attention to mistakes more often. you might also suggest to her parents or her teacher that she may have a learning disability and that you'd like her to get professional help if you don't feel anything you are doing is helping her. my grandfather is like that and at 72 years of age he still can't do much more than sign his own name. it's wonderful that she at least has someone attentive to her enough to notice a problem.
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It's possible this child does not have the capability to catch up.  In cases like this, schools often allow the student to attend just to get them out into society rather than locked away in loneliness at home.  I attended school with such a child.  He was fantastic with art and music and that's what he did throughout his school day.  The other students loved him and he was much happier being with kids his own age.  There was no question about his ability to learn......\n\nSome teachers will pass a student believing the next teacher will do better at teaching them but that would be a negligent thing to do.
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Every child and adult in America falls under some kind of learning disabled label.  Apparently, EVERYONE has something wrong with them.  Its unrelated to your article, but I've got this sneaking suspicion that the problem doesn't lie within the student, but the teacher.  Remember when one classroom for all grades was the pinacle of education.  When people didn't fit in there was something wrong with THEM.  Ponder please.\n\nHappy trails.
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I am not sure what age group you are dealing with. I guess it does not matter, the skill building does. However if your child is in an upper grade and you find skill building things that are a few grade behind, you will need to explain to her what you are trying to achieve, or get creative in hiding it. You may want to look at some of the sites, see what they are trying to accomplish and adjust the content and  the vocabulary. Remember writing is a process, you will need to get the child used to the idea the writing becomes good when you revise it for clarity and accuracy. One thing i did notice with my daughter was  the idea of getting it all together in one step was enough to freeze her in place. The idea, the spelling, the punctuation, grammar, and making it all flow and sound right can be a lot to think about. Do it in steps. Providing a list of correctly spelled  words to refer to can make this easier at first.\nAlso try reading a little and have her write a sentence or two to complete the story, change the ending, and so forth. \nBelow are some links that may help.
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I have often seen these mistakes go unchecked by the teachers at my daughter's school. When I asked why, I was told that the thoughts and emotions being expressed were more important than the manner in which they were expressed. I disagree. I cannot take a person seriously if they cannot spell and punctuate. I'm afraid I automatically assume they are stupid. Sorry!
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i have experienced these kind of children in my teaching career...these children r perfectly okay, they just need more attention. i think u should let ur child to copy the words from the book and write them down 10 times...maybe when u dictate she doesn't understand the word...maybe the teacher pronounces the words in a different way. maybe ur and her teachers accent is different. u should make her habit of reading the book herself and aloud. see how she pronounces the words. You can show her programmes on tv...show her cd's of sesame street.
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School is a great playground for kindergarten-age children. I remember having a smart 4-year old in my class when school started in September, and he was shy but brilliant. At first it was a little rough for him socially because he was afraid to open up, but I'm sure that with some motherly encouragement he'll make it through.\n\nIt will benefit him if he gets an early start to his education! I graduated among the youngest in my class and it was nice to be younger while accomplishing the same things as your peers, because you have a sort of head start. \n\nI think it's best to go on your gut instinct on this one. Good luck!
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well you see miss. i've been in a private school all me life and been using this curriculum all my life. I have made an 4.0 on my report card for as long as i can remember and i've never made anything except an A on my report card. Abeka books are definately more challenging. I think that if you want your kids to be challenged and smarter then definately go with abeka curriculum. ( btw my bff makes the same grades i do )
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I think this is WONDERFUL!!! You are homeschooling what age are they? I have Crystal 8 yr 2gr, Jeffy 6yr 1 gr, and Robin 5yr kgr.  I have taught my self and know how to read music and that's what I did is went to a few different stores started with my fav. home school store and they told me of their fav. music stores and found a few begg. song books 1 I got was How to teach Keyboard.  But if cost is the problem check out your library (really good if you live in a city!)  You can make copies and recheck out many times!  Or Check ebay they have lots of good cheap stuff!  and you don't have to use a credit card ( I thought this was the only way but learned many people will take money orders!)  Good luck and keep up the good work!  if you need another home school support mom to bounce around ideas always can email me tishniaeq069696@yahoo.com! Have fun!
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I sympathize with you!  I have a brother with ADHD and have seen what my parents have gone thru with him.  Have you ever tried to sit down and talk to her about what she is doing?  Let her know the outcomes of her actions.  If sitting down with her is unsuccessful, try a councelor or psychologist to see if that avenue helps.  If still no luck, contact your doctor or CPS to see if there are any options you can do or have to help your daughter.  See if there are any other meds that your daughter can take.  I know for ADHD there is a med called Stratera that I have heard helps(from my brother).  You need to set up a structured adjenda each day for her to follow.  Talk to your schools principal to let him know that they need to be very patient and disaplined with her.  Have some kind of schedule there at school for her.  Maybe shorter class times, half days of school for awhile, one on one classes, whatever will benefit and help your daughter.  There are more resources out there than you think.  Check out on the internet about ADHD, ODD to see if on those websites there are any options and ideas for you to try or if they reccommend any meds or things for her.  Good luck to you and your daughter.
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Yes, of course...some gifted people go to different schools than regular people do, or they skip grades.  If you stop using the knowledge, then you'll lose it.  It's better to keep on learning.