{"id":5818,"date":"2015-08-06T21:51:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T04:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2015-08-06T21:51:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T04:51:59","slug":"stapleton-parent-prepared-for-your-child-is-gifted-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5818","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Parent Prepared for \u201cYour Child is Gifted\u201d Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"smart<\/a>Kathy Zarifis has always known her daughter Madrid was gifted. \u201cShe started talking really early, and always seemed to point out things that kids her age shouldn\u2019t understand,\u201d said Kathy. \u201cShe can\u2019t read yet, but I can tell she is close. She does really well with her numbers, and her spatial reasoning in regards to coloring and building things with blocks is quite remarkable.\u201d Kathy says her and her husband aren\u2019t the only ones that can tell Madrid is special. \u201cMy mom will even notice little things she does and point out how amazing it is,\u201d said Kathy. \u201cThe neighbors will notice things and let us know how impressed they are with her. She is pretty special.\u201d\nMadrid has been enrolled in preschool at The Creative Learning Preschool<\/a> for the last two years, and now is headed to kindergarten. \u201cShe has thrived at preschool<\/a>, and I know she is ready for kindergarten,\u201d said Kathy. \u201cShe of course has friends her own age, and I can tell she is much more advanced than them. I am sure her new teacher will notice the same things.\u201d Madrid begins kindergarten this year at Isabella Bird<\/a>. \u201cWe chose Isabella Bird<\/a> because we feel they provide the best learning environment to continue to foster her genius and continue her advancement. We definitely think it’s the best fit for her.\u201d\nKathy is ready for the first parent-teacher conversation, and is pretty confident of the direction things will go. \u201cI mean, most certainly they will bring up how smart she is and how great she is doing in school,\u201d said Kathy. \u201cThen, obviously, they will want to know if we are interested in moving her up a grade the next year. We haven\u2019t decided on that yet. I think the biggest thing if you are in a position like us, the parents of a gifted child, is just to be gracious, and give a short, prepared speech.\u201d Kathy also says that the school doesn\u2019t owe them any \u2018thank you\u2019s.\u2019 \u201cI\u2019m sure the principal will want to meet us and thank us for enrolling Madrid there. But, hopefully it will be a win for everybody. We knew it would be a win for the school.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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