HowlerKarma-I just wanted to say that how you describe your Mom is exactly how my ds kindergarten teacher thinks. However, in addition, she also relates it to typical kindergartener (ex- "comprehension" of kindy books which is really just memorizing the items in order). Thus, since ds is not great at memorizing those too easy books, he must not understand anything more complex. (Can you tell this is driving me crazy?? I have to readdress this with his teacher, but I'm not sure how to not sound offensive.)