Impressive Cokers! I'm inspired to hear such progress and dedication. Will try out some of the programs you are using for my son.
Keri, Alex is just phenomenal, 4th grade math at 5!!!
Re updates on Cammie, my eldest at 5.7 yo - she recently took a WPPSI (battery of IQ tests) for school-placement purposes and got a 99.95 percentile score. The school who admisnitered recommended her to apply to MENSA and we are awaiting verification from their Intl psychologist. The administering psychologist said she flat-out said "I don't know" to a handful of easier math questions and would have gotten a much higher score if she had given answers. The test took a tedious 5-hours time to complete and given her inherent impatience, I bet she was trying escape the test session.
Her reading level is at grade level 7.8 and oral expression at grade 9.5, both high-school levels. Her math is at grade 4 level and she was noted to give careless answers. Additionally, she has been diagnosed with hyperactivity (HA) and got a level 2.2 at listening comprehension. Her eyes and hands would seek something to do to occupy themselves and she would just half-heartedly listen.
She is now enrolled at a gifted school with a mix of grade 2 and 3 subjects and will take another assessment after 6 months for advancement. This will allow her writing/motor skills to catch-up.
As for Robert, my 2.7 yo, he is spelling 2nd grade level words and reading at 3rd grade level. He does crosswords in Montessori Crossword and spells with a bunch of other spelling games. He would spell orally from memory-words I didn't teach. Lastweek, he spelled the numbers one to twenty for his grand-mother, with words that has blends and silent letters such as "eight", "two", and "one". He wasn't asked to spell these before and has no practice. I noticed He kept looking up, which means he is accessing his visual memory of the words.
He "plays" with his piano everyday but doesn't take formal lessons. He is in-love with a PC-based music game, Synthesia, and would sit for hours in front of it and the piano, often trying out string of notes as they "fall". I'm happy that he has retained his perfect pitch and now can effortlessly identify 7-8 notes in succession by ear.
He plays with math games in the iPad such as Adding Apples and Todo Math and would mostly get correct answers. He is also currently interested with some IQ games like Quizful and would analyze the instructions and answers by himself.
I missed this forum so much and am so glad to hear about like-minded parents. Please keep the updates and suggestions coming!
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