Advanced kid, in preschool, behavior problems, he is bored and doesn't want to do "baby work". What to do?

Don't know where you are in Kentucky but here's a start:

Lowe students perform in the top five percent of all schools in Kentucky. Lowe offers an extensive Communications and Technology Program. The entire school has been updated with wireless Internet connections. Monitored-Internet access is available in all classrooms as well as in the technology lab. All Lowe students participate in the Accelerated Reading Program.

Jefferson County Public School - (Private doesn't always equate better sometimes it just means that you pay)

John B. Lowe Elementary

210 Oxfordshire Ln.

Louisville, Kentucky 40222 USA

Phone (502) 485-8293

Fax (502) 485-8594

Dr.Kristin Raitzer, Principal

You can also have a conference with the teacher and ask the teacher if she can give him additional work when she notices that he has finished - that way he stays occupied.

Good Luck - Kudos to the parents great job

I come from a very academic family. My siblings and I have all experience personally what you describe. What our parents did was move us up one (in my sister's case, two) grades and do extra schooling at home. Don't homeschool him completely, because he needs the social competence school will give him.

Try to teach him things that they don't teach in school at that age, such as some interesting history or science. This will keep him busy for a while.

Keep feeding him with knowledge. This will give him an immense advantage later on in school and life. Diversity is good. Sooner or later he is going to encounter someone who is even smarter than him, because everyone does( God knows I did). Together with this person they can both evolve, and if the school gets requests from two families, perhaps even more, they will have to do something about it.

From the way you formulated the question, I would have to guess that his parents don't seem to care all that much. If that is so (forgive me if I'm wrong) try talking to them and getting them to talk to the principal of the school.

Like I said, the best thing you can do at the moment is have him moved up one or two grades (not more) and teaching him new and interesting stuff at home. There is material that can help you with this.

Best of luck!

He sounds alot like my daughter. Boredom is a real problem. She was in a Montessori program which is geared for brighter kids and that was boring. I now homeschool her and she goes to school one day a week. She gets the curriculmn she needs at home which makes her life so much easier. Go to google and google gifted kids, it gives you some insight into the way these kinds of kids work and what you can do to meet their needs. He is lucky to have a grandparent who cares about him. Because if you's don't find something to fill his desire to learn you all have a long, hard road ahead of you's. Good Luck to you all.

Oh, that's a tough one....

I was advanced one grade level when I was a kid, and I can understand the childs needs for stimulation in school.

Here's a thought, maybe he could be a teachers aid and help the other kids learn. It would keep him interested in school and improve his self image at the same time.

I don't recommend home schooling because he needs to interact with other kids in a social setting every day.

Just a thought.

There is a school in Reno Nevada for children as profoundly gifted as your grandson. Its called the Davidson Academy of Nevada. The only problem is that I'm not sure they'll take someone as young as your grandson. Most of the kids there are 8-13 years old. You'd have to contact them.

If you can't get your grandson enrolled in that school yet, my best advice would be to homeschool him for a few years until he's old enough to enroll on his own.

You must find a school that is willing to challenge him and not try and keep him on the same level as the other students. This may be difficult but it is worth the effort. When you find the right place for him there will be other students that are like him and he will begin to fit in.

You need to talk to the school, and tell them that he needs more than just preschool lessons. Ask him to give him a placement test, to see how well he does, so you can figure out what grade to put him in.

I am not sure where you are from, but in Canada gifted children are identified and placed in enrichment programs where they learn more than their class mates. If you grand child is really at the level you say why has he not been tested and identified as a genius?

Be happy and grateful he is so smart and let him work out his own adjustments situationally and environmentally. If he's as smart as you say he is, he'll figure it out himself!