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I just came across this forum in my search of information on gifted children. My daughter will be three at the end of November. She has shown a great love of learning and a keen interest in everything academic. She learns quickly and retains well. At this point she can read books on a Kindergarten level, prints, sounds out words, and is starting to add with pictures. I used to teach Kindergarten and noticed that at age two she was doing academic things on the level of my Kindergartners who were going into first grade. She is in preschool right now and will be for two more years due to her late birthday. They have a specialist teacher pulling her out of class sometimes and working on words and reading. Just as background information: My husband has about a 160 IQ and I am working on finishing my doctorate in Higher Education and Adult Learning (I was never told my IQ but earned mostly A's in school). My concern is that she is not working to her academic potential or being challenged in preschool. For example: In school they are tracing one huge letter per page and she can write smaller letters without tracing, including her name and other words. We do a lot of supplemental work at home, not pushing her but making it fun for her. Thoughts/suggestions?