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I brought DD home at 6. She did well in kindergarten, horrible in first grade, and then well in 2nd grade.
We had to switch schools in 1st since school was going so badly. The newer school payed much more attention to her language skills, and her grades/test scores skyrocketed.
14 months home is a funny place with language. They have not even mastered the social language which takes about 2 years - cognitive/scholastic language development takes about 5 years. And by 14 months home the have probably forgotten most of their Russian. This leaves them with no way to express themselves. Unlike regular ESL kids that don't have the primary language from which they can "translate" from. The just don't have anything at this time.
I would not do anything to assess intelligence/abilities unless it is done by an adoptiong/bilingual specialist. The specialist should be well versed in subtractive bilingualism. Otherwise you will likely not get the right measurements of skill, nor the right resources to fix it.
This is the hardest fight since she probably speaks English quickly and with out much accent, so no one will believe she just won't catch up on her own.
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momm2be
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Mom of an amazing 10 yr old and fantastic 3 yr old
"The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to our children. "
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