As James' vocabulary, reading, and math skills continued to advance at a fast pace, I began to wonder if I should have him tested. Living in a rural area at that time, I could not find anyone who tested gifted children, and those I found in the larger cities were far too expensive. I asked his doctor for advice, and she suggested that I wait until he was five years old and have him tested at our local school. I had always somewhat planned on homeschooling James, as I knew he wouldn't fit well in a regular classroom, but when it came time for Kindergarten to start I decided to let him attend and see what happened. Within the first month I was called into school to discuss what to do with James. They had tested him and he had scored at the gifted 4th grade level in math, and very high in reading skills. They suggested that he attend kindergarten part of the day and go to 4th grade for math class, and second grade for reading group. They also gave him unlimited access to the library. After the first semester they decided to give him an IQ test. He scored very high--in the highly gifted range. He was then put in the school's gifted program, which was 30 minutes of each school day. The gifted teacher told me she suspected his score was actually much higher, as there had been many distractions in the school on his testing day and had to be stopped and finished the next day. She saw no reason to retest, as his score was so high that he would qualify for any gifted program.
I always knew it, but now had the "proof" that my son was highly gifted. What now?
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