Originally Posted by MDMommy
Is he reading yet? I wonder how far out you are 'in a rural area' and how far are you from the nearest city. How much time does your son get to spend with kids like himself? This is very important. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Well, he knew his letters and their sounds at 18 months and we knew he could read Dr. Seuss at 3. I say "knew" because we just didn't think to ask him to read before that.

We live in a town of about 700 and the nearest large city (200K) is a half hour away. The next largest is over an hour.

He doesn't have any time with kids like him and very little time with kids his own age. He does the usual thing of going to the park and discovery museum and he's in swimming lessons, but he hasn't had much "quality time" with any other four year old. In August, he starts preschool (he was a late potty trainer), so I hope he will make some new friends.

I'd be interested to hear from you why this all makes a difference in his passions.