Show Y BY yM LE ED THE EXCEPTIONALLY INTELLIGENT INTELLI INTELLI- GENT CHILD NEEDS CAREFUL HANDLING The dull child is not tire the only problem parents have to solve for forthe forthe the exceptionally bright child is a problem too It may not seem serious serious seri seri- ous to try to decide whether clever Billy shall be allowed allowed- to skip kindergarten kindergarten kin kin- and first grade because ho reads so we well but this decision brings about some dIfficult situations situa- situa Kindergarten Is an an adaptation grade The child learns to stay quiet for tor longer and longer periods He finds happiness In playing with companions lIo He listens to stories and learns attention he skips and sings and becomes acquainted with i he braids and colors and finds new for his hands Certainly Certainly kindergarten Is a preliminary to the grades which few children can afford to miss however bright Tire The first two grades ire are concerned concerned con con- mainly wIth teaching the child to read As very ery smart children chit chit- dren often know how to read the age e ot of 5 theY they- find their interest inter infer est lagging while the other chil- chil then dren are entranced with their new ability to make understandable words and stories out of of Ietter letterS The bored child i I c- c Mrs Eldred will ill be glad giad to answer an any questions regardIng tire the diet an and general care of ba babies ies A addressed self and stamped envelope for her will w bring a reply has plenty of excuse for getting Into mischIef and Ire he offers a problem to his teacher and learns bad habIts hab- hab Its ot of Inattention If It is II decided that he should be advanced to the n next grade in order order or- or der to stimulate Iris his Interest another another an- an other problem Is encountered He HeIs Heis Is as bright mentally as the children chil- chil dren In this grade but he Is two years or 01 so younger Even two years Jears is a aast vast ast difference at this early period and Ire he may find himself hImself him him- self unable to keep up with tire the older children In their games games- or theIr skill even though his readIng reading read read- Ing ability Is parallel with theirs For the child So out of the ordinary ordinary or- or the solution is a school whIch is designed to meet the needs ot of the exceptional child without regard to age In public schools It Is sometimes a matter for very careful thought to dec Ie whether it is better to keep tire the child In the grade with with children children chil- chil dren nearer hl his own age or to subject sub sub- j ct him to tIle the ot of trying to tovie tovie vie physically with children several years older It Isn't a problem which has any one answer It depends de- de depends on tIre the Individual child of course and the mother whatever her pride In seeing her child able to forge ahead alread so rapidly would be wIse to talk this over with the I teacher and prIncipal and rely on theIr c combined decision |