It’s been hard to stay positive the past couple of weeks. While I was thrilled to be one of the select few applicants to get an interview with my first choice graduate school, the interview itself was extremely disappointing. I was scheduled for an hour with the department head, but she rushed out after half the [...]
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Although we’ve met with C’s school a couple times this school year to discuss accommodations, we had our first true parent conference this week. It was interesting to talk to his teacher and see his portfolio work. His teacher brought up that she’s still deciding how to properly evaluate C, since he’s a younger student. The [...] We finally had a chance to try out the EPGY program over the weekend. We’re going through the Open Enrollment Program, thanks to Melissa on Davidson’s. Even though the math program started C quite low (.5, which is half way through kindergarten), he still enjoyed it. He loves doing just about anything on the computer, thankfully. [...] I debated whether or not to tune into the NAGC WOW webinar last night Ten Things Administrators Should Know about Gifted Education with Joyce VanTassel-Baska. Since it was intended for administrators, I wondered whether it would be worthwhile for me as a parent and former teacher. I’m so glad I decided to invest that hour, because [...] I started a thread on the Davidson forum for the first time tonight. I’m trying to keep an open mind and get some feedback from other parents before I meet with C’s school. I don’t want to advocate for the wrong thing. I just want C to be happy and successful in school. DS5 started first grade [...] It’s been a while since I posted about C’s little brother Z. Back in June we had early intervention evaluate him for an expressive language delay. He didn’t qualify for services and has been making some progress, but it’s quite slow. He’ll be 2 years old next month and still doesn’t string multiple words together. Most [...] A few days ago I mentioned that C had been teased a bit at camp this week. Apparently some other kids (or maybe just one kid) told C he looked like he was 4, though this didn’t seem to upset him any. It probably bothered me more than it bothered him for two reasons. First, I’m [...] I mentioned in a previous post that C will be withdrawing from cyber school this summer. We’ve been working on finishing up the first grade curriculum and don’t have very much left. It certainly helps that there is a lot of material we can skip or quickly go through. When we started on spelling, I had [...] C’s kindergarten report card that recently came in the mail and made me reflect again on this school year. His grades tell a lot of the story. He received the highest marks in reading the entire year and also in math, with one exception. When he started to refuse to do all of the math drill [...] My thanks go to Dazey on the Davidson Gifted Forum for posting information on a free recorded webinar on Understanding IQ Testing and Special Programming for Advanced and Gifted Learners from UCIrvine. I know a lot of people come across my blog looking for information on gifted testing. I highly recommend watching this webinar to get [...] |
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