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I don't know what to do with my eight year old daughter. We are getting tired of waiting until “next year” in school for her to get the extra attention she needs to learn something she does not already know. She has been reading since she was almost four and is prepared to discuss - argue! - any subject. When a child in nursery school teaches herself to say the alphabet backwards - something I still cannot do - you know something is ticking in that brain. Is it giftedness? Please help. Our six year old daughter, Mandy, has been identified as an intellectually gifted child. Educators at our public elementary school have recommended we enroll Mandy in a full-time program for gifted children so that she might realize her full potential. If you know of any such program in any part of the United States, please let us know. We are willing to move to an area that has such a program.
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