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Quote: Originally Posted by rowan25 With her, I'm pretty sure that is a personality thing. She doesn't like to be in the spotlight or made a great deal over, thus hates to recite things outloud. Especially if told to; she wants it to be her idea to read something to you. She's a character!! Hm. Maybe this explains why DS likes it so much. He loves to be in the spot light.

Sorry, I didn't have the link earlier. Here it is: http://www.tagfam.org/ It's a listserve and the volume of emails is quite high, so I was only on it briefly.

Quote: Originally Posted by Renai First Language Lessons (Susan Bauer's book) thanks!

OOh, I will have to look that one up. We already do some analysis with our SL but I have to add more detail to it. It isn't as in depth as I'd like.

Quote: Originally Posted by mominsac Having perfect pitch is just a small plus, (especially if you are teaching/coaching, conducting, composing) but certainly not a big advantage for performers. Nothing special, other than when you have to take those pesky music dictations tests, or correct your kids when they are practicing wrong notes - then it's a plus to be able to tell them what notes they were playing wrong and what note they...

Quote: Originally Posted by WendyK Hm. Maybe this explains why DS likes it so much. He loves to be in the spot light. Could be!!! I would have loved that at her age, but then I too loved the spotlight.

How advanced is his math? I'm not sure if pg kids are doing Algebra by 4 or not, so I'm going to suggest some things that don't involve Algebra skills. Chemistry 2 by Real Science 4 Kids might work well for a start. The reading level is about grades 7-9, and this may fill in some gaps. Naturally, pg or not, at 4 you'd need to help with actually doing the experiments. There's a college level Chem text called Conceptual...

Look up the lexile levels of books, put lots on hold at the library and enjoy your child's enthusiasm. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/reading_levels.htm is a great source of help. Look up the lexile levels of books. My child enjoyed reading through an entire series of books, say all Harry Potter books or the entire series of Unfortunate Events. Then we would see the movie (s). Have you read Charlotte's Web, tried a Shakespeare play or...

I answered on the other thread, but I'm reposting here: I've found their products to be hit and miss. I order promiscuously during their yearly clearance sale ($1 and $2 per book), but end up not using much of this material. Often it's too classroom oriented for our needs. I find though that the previews give a good indication as to the nature of the book. Here's what we have used and plan to use. I think Prufrock is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by zaichiki I don't know if that's the definition of perfect pitch that I'd use... If that IS perfect pitch, then ALL of my kids' instrument teachers and conductors, AND almost every Suzuki-trained kid I've met has perfect pitch (which I don't buy 'cause I thought it was more rare than that). The teachers/conductors are ALWAYs saying something like "you need a higher second...