Originally Posted by Grinity
I wrote a little story for HoagiesPage -
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/analogies.htm

It's the third one down 'Spread his wings'

When I wrote it, i didn't have a specific for 'what the wings are' - but since then I think that it's the precocious ability to do the stuff on the comprehension test - to reason, to remember and make connections to what you know, and I think that abstract thought, which elementary aged kids aren't supposed to have, according to the training teachers get, has a lot to do with it.
Grinity

I loved reading the analogies page, thanks for posting it!

So VCI (not just comprehension) is indicating abstract reasoning? I recall when DS had a speech assessment done at 3.5yrs old. The psych wrote that he already possessed abstract reasoning.