Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment what do you think,....parental assesment

The one about writing name and address was actually a "graduation" requirement from my DS's pre-K program. They don't have to read to be able to do it. They spend hours tracing it. It's muscle memory more than actual understanding ;-) Doesn't make your kid smart, just able to trace well until you can form the letters!

Ditto.

This is a classic example of a ratio IQ test (cognitive age/chronological age multiplied by 100), except that the material is totally jumbled and much of it is achievement rather than intelligence. I wouldn't take much or anything from it. The scores certainly would not correlate to modern tests.

As you said yourself, your child is too young for testing. It's a strange place to be in, knowing that your child is gifted and wondering how gifted and having no way to know. I am there too. Maybe all of us are there or have been there.

Thank you all, that is what I was thinking. I did not give it to dd, just looked it over when my mom sent me the link, and i was wondering the same thing, how could it tell the difference between a child taught all those things and one who just picks it up.
I was just wondering what everyone else thought. Thanks

I just glanced at this but was left thinking, "Is that REALLY what most kids can do at those ages????" I have no perspective and the things they ask seem so simple and my DD 3 can do things into age 7 but her IQ test (which may not be accurate sinced it was done so early) does not place her score as high as that suggests. I know you are just so curious, but even if she does have a test, you may still be left wondering if it really got it "right" as I wonder. I suppose you can look at my DD or others who did similar things and guess based on that and look at RUF's guide (I know you already have). How is she with puzzles?

The thing with little kids is that so much of what they do/can do is based on interest. My oldest dd at 2 for example, did not have any real interest in puzzles. When she started liking them, she went from slightly behind average to ahead.

She couldn't recite the alphabet because she did not have any interest in letters as a toddler. She only knew a handful of capital letters when she turned 4. By the time she was 5, she was reading chapter books (not just Magic Tree House, but more complex ones).

This "test" would have subestimated her IQ, and I am sure it over estimates for many other kids as well.

Just for kicks, I asked DS to start at the 7 year old questions (he's 6 1/2). He did all through the 9 year old ones, then quit and said the 10s were too hard. So assuming he actually couldn't do any of the 10s and using his age as 6.5 it came out a slight underestimate of his actual tested FSIQ.

I'm not saying that in any way validates it, I just was curious!

She is great with puzzles, can complete 48 piece ones very quickly with no help and while talking about other random things. Need to buy some 63 piece ones...got all the 48 for christmas but they were easy too LOL. I underestimate I guess. I know what you mean about "i that really what most kids can do?" I used to have no clue and was wondering why her ped was so shocked. The pbs.org site has a good milestone list that really opened my eyes. DD constantly surprises us, but today another stand out moment was when she said "I am just fascinated by Christmas lights" Umm definitly not average for a 2 year old to use the word fascinated. She converses every day on a very adult level, and she even uses some words that her babysitter does not know.

I would love to get her tested at 3and 1/2- 4 so I could see if we could get her into early enterence to K, but no one around here does tat so we would have to travel for the test, and even then I am not sure if K would be a good fit then as she is on a end of K- first grade level on most things even with never having been taught. She has been exporing addition for the past few months and this month started exploring subtraction, all of which I have never even introduced for her. She just figured out this past month how to count to 100 by 1's. She had already figured out how to by 10's, and she started counting backward from 10 this month. So I don't know if it would be worth starting K early or if we will just homeschool here since she will be above the K level...and I don't even know if we can do early entrence here. there is no state law saying yes or no, but leaving it up to the district.

Anyway this was interesting to see where she would fall age wise but it just confirmed what her peds, the educational specialist I know, and the milestone charts say. Dh and I look at each other all the time and and shake our heads in amazement LOL.

Hi Amanda,

I know I keep saying this, but I wish our daughters could play together. They sound similiar, your DD might even be ahead of my DD at that age, but I am not sure because I tend to forget exactly when she did things, just that she often shocked me. Mine also will sprinkle more adult words in to her sentences very casually. I am always amazed how she just picked them out from hearing them. I have no doubt your DD is gifted. I don't see home schooling working for us for a variety of reasons:one she really doesn't want to do anything that is about "learning" if I suggest or lead it, but I suppose in some ways she could lead herself. Two, I just think she would benefit from being with others during the day. She is highly social and can be draining if it is just us one on one. We really need other input here and I want others to absorb her energy and for her to learn how to be a part of a group. I found a preschool that would let her do whatever she can next year. She could be with six year olds, but then I am dumbfounded by what to do for kindergarten. I don't think I am going to enroll her a year early because she would be almost two years younger than some kids and while she can do everything and more intellectually, she needs another year to gain some self control. It is a tough decision and it must be hard for you if you are in a place that does not have many options.