Let him enjoy being a kid. Is he frustrated or you? If he is unhappy, can you ask that he spend some time in 1st grade for reading or math - whatever his strongest area is? Or can you ask for challenging alternative homework to the regular kindy work? My son has mastered kindy math and the teacher is challenging him. He's happy.

He is a happy kid but not too happy at school.

With an IQ of 145 he is able to learn fast.

I am negotiating with school and hoping to move him to 1st grade.

Any other parents with gifted kids

Is there any chance that you could get him into something other than a public school situation? Something with more one on one with teachers? I know private school is expensive, but (my experience) public school doesn't work well with gifted children, especially with IQ 145! He will need to be constantly challenged to keep his interest in school. I feel for you...
I wonder if a Montesorri school would be a good place for him?

Yes I am wondering if a plublic school will do the job. I'll have to check. Thanks for the sugestion.

My daughter is in 2nd grade but reads on a 4th grade level. Her other subjects are on grade level, so she's in a reading group that's on the same level. While I would rather she had a G&T teacher, her regular teacher is doing a great job keeping her interested in reading. I would talk to the school and see if he can go into the first grade for at least part of the day. Is he advanced in all sujects or just certain ones? I think once a week is not enough to meet with other gifted children. If you can afford it, a private school might be the way to go. Good luck!
Melissa

You can always try working with him at home. You can get these rods, I think they're called Cuisinaire rods. They really help kids with math and they are very concrete and fun to play with too.

My son is bored out of his mind in Kindergarten, honestly, I don't think he really likes it. It makes me kind of sad because he so loves to learn and his teacher just doesn't seem to appreciate that or want to challenge him in anyway.

She actually told me not to ask him to sound out words until after Christmas because that's when the class was going to start doing it (never mind that he can already read). What kind of approach is this, the everyone must move at the same speed aproach?

hoops, we have the same problem. Have you ask the school that your kid gets test for gifted? We also got a gifter ed coach to put a plan for my son. The coach told that that if we do not help him now at school he can have problems in the next years because he sees this a lot.

We are meeting with the school next year to implement the plan for the next 5 years.

Your school sounds more progressive than mine. They don't put kids in any kind of a gifted program until atleast the third grade where I am and they don't believe in letting kindergarteners skip to first grade.

I have mixed feelings about this. I think the primary problem is my son's teacher who keeps telling me my son has Apergers because he's so smart and mechanical but is behind socially. I took him to the pediatrician who basically told me his teacher was full of beans because my son had no problem looking her in the eye or understanding facial expressions. All the "symptoms of Aspergers" that he has at school he doesn't have at home or in small groups. Only at school where he says he is bored and where they make him do mundane tasks that he has no interest for. And where he says he doesn't talk to people because there are "too many kids".

Sorry, I think my irritation might be coming out a bit in this post. Why do we live in a society where we value free thinking and independence in adults but teach our kids that being free thinking and independent is a vice. That they should sit down and be quiet and and do everything submisively and not even complain when they are upset, because if they don't do all these things there is something wrong with them. For crying out loud, the boy is 6!

hoops, the school in my are is NOT advance the told me the same not unti 3rd grade but I know the law and by law if the parent request gifter eveluation by letter they have to doing or they face criminal charges for not education the kid. Please take a look at the law in your state and don't let a stupid teacher tell you what to do with yout kid.

I also have an Autistic kid with Aspergers and yes he has social problem that we working with him.

Looks like you need to fing if your is gifeted before you put any program for Aspergers, Many gifted kids look to have ADD or Aspergers but they don't

Sorry to you. Being gifted is as bad as being LD. Thank goodness none of my kids inherited it.