intelligent child

[findtim]

As i write this i KNOW people will be laughing at my typos ! but my 6 year old girl is being classed as genius by her school and we are now making decisions on how to move forward, yes i am the father LOL ? yes its a public school but they right now aren't helping

anyway this is an HONEST post of what to do? has anyone had experience with this ? as i think dnt as a "mindgroup "

is there any testing of IQ in melbourne that is reputable? she is in grade one and boreddddddddddddd, she reads as a 8yr old today and a 9 yr old tomorrow, then a 10 year old ! we can NOT keep up with her, plus her understanding of what she reads is exact, she then cross references it to create new answers.

i'm not boasting, just wanted to know if any one had some insight?

we are, she is, frustrated, i am asking this question because i feel i am surrounded by very intelligent people and would love your advice.

tim

 

[Ash]

No advice, but nice to hear Tim.

 

[Offtap]

Nice problem to have!

My advice would be get in touch with someone from MENSA in Melbourne. I'm not a paid up member anymore but my best guess is someone there would be able to head you in the right direction.

They could certainly help you with testing but more importantly they might be aware of opportunities for your daughter where she won't be alienated from others her own age.

 

[Cal]

Here's a website by a couple of psychologists with some info and resources that may be of use Gifted and talented

 

[findtim]

Here's a website by a couple of psychologists with some info and resources that may be of use Gifted and talented

thanks offtap, i forgot about mensa

thanks for the link Cal, yep she ticks all the boxes in the checklists.

tim

 

[findtim]

just checked my PM's

thanks guys ! the info, links and offers were really nice. I almost didn't create the thread but thought i'd put it out there and take a chance.

thanks heaps

 

[Honan]

Tim
Here is a Blatant plug for my big sister's business
Scholarship Preparation, Accelerated Learning, Melbourne High and MacRob entry
Get in touch with her competent staff to assess where your kids's at, and to open up opportunities
Cheers big ears

 

[Honan]

What happened then . I typed in the URL for hendersons and it posted their meta description??

 

[chris]

What happened then . I typed in the URL for hendersons and it posted their meta description??

Well spotted

It's still a link, but you're right it changes the anchor text. It's the SEO mod that does that when I upgraded it during the last site update.

 

[findtim]

thanks honan, i ordered a brochure

tim

 

[DavidL]

Well spotted

It's still a link, but you're right it changes the anchor text. It's the SEO mod that does that when I upgraded it during the last site update.

Do you think this is a mod worth keeping? Makes the links look funny and, post penguin, not sure it offers any real benefit to the linked site (which I'm guessing is the original aim of the mod?)

 

[chris]

Do you think this is a mod worth keeping? Makes the links look funny and, post penguin, not sure it offers any real benefit to the linked site (which I'm guessing is the original aim of the mod?)

Hi David, it's part of the SEO mod, will look at turning it off tonight.

I wasn't a fan since it hides the domain and I think it makes links harder to spot if there are a few, but I wasn't sure if it was just me.

Especially for a domain forum, hiding the domain probably isn't cool

Apologies for hijacking the thread Tim!

Cheers,
Chris

 

[findtim]

Apologies for hijacking the thread Tim!

Cheers,
Chris

all cool, Ruby got her glasses today as she was squinting 1 eye when reading, turns out she needs so correction in her left eye, thus she has learnt to read with just 1 eye being able to see the words !!!

don't we feel bad as parents but the thing is a child doesn't know any different and thinks that "vision" is normal, every teacher she has had didn't pick it up either but thats not their fault as you don't look for things like that when theres no learning problems i guess.

when i look through her glasses i just can not believe how fuzzy the words would have been for her, amazing.

anyone thinking this might also for some kid a member knows here's were to start
ACBO - The Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists

tim

 

[ScottNugent]

My opinion - let your daughter live a normal life like everyone else in her class. Speak with the teacher and organise for harder work to be given to her - but if there is one thing I would not do is put her under the pressure of too much extra curricular learning. There are more ways to engage and develop a young child than to simply increase learning content/difficulty.

Source: This was me 10 years ago.