Hi! I'm new to this forum....my child's principal sent me here:)
I'm a mom to 4 kids....my oldest is about to turn 6....she's the reason I'm here. She was right now diagnosed with "hyperlexia"....on the highly gifted side....she also suffers from anxiety & OCD....and is a perfectionist.
We noticed she was "different" around the time she turned one....she was lining her diapers end to end in a perfect line then picking them up in the order she had put them down in....organizing toys and blocks by size and/or color....making patterns.....by 19 months old she was reading and also spelling colors & numbers.
Her preschool teacher told us to skip kindergarten....but our county doesn't allow that. When the school year began I did give the teacher some info passed on by her previous teachers....and I was met with "she's not ready for kindergarten"....turns out she was bored and "dumbing" herself down (the child psychologist phrased it that way)....they did a PALS test.....and she tested out of 2nd grade....they wouldn't test higher....she was reading 4th & 5th grade books for them (specialists and teacher).....by November I was at my first child study meeting.
I just had another one yesterday.....my DD is flying thru math...all forms....she's learning spanish, french, sign language....she loves geography, science....really anything.
Anyway....my baby's up and crying....I just wanted to say hi and give a quick background. It's nice to find a support board like this:)
