My boys are not a good example. One is 2e and was delayed until about age 4 significantly...he has Asperger's so his early language delays are understandable. Then my second child looked completely different in the development department when compared to the delays my first had so we kept telling ourselves...oh that is how it is normally supposed to be (and he was completely advanced with all milestones) and so we didn't recognize his gifted traits (although we thought he was extremely funny) until he was about 5.

Younger son is at least HG but one test shows PG so who knows. Older son doesn't test well so not sure, tests at just qualifying for the program using disadvantaged criteria but in real life presents much higher than that. The 2nd e probably gets in the way.

...reading is pleasure, not just something teachers make you do in school.~B. Cleary