Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy update:Core strength/fine motor & TOEFL for a 4yo?

So first, core strength/fine motor:
Our DD (4 in December) seems to have trouble sitting and she is getting extremely tired when doing so. When they have to sit in a circle at school she bends over, twists, lays down ect. She pays attention and said she is really really trying to sit but she gets so so tired. Her fine motor is also really struggling (says her school). Are these related. Does anyone have experience with this? What did you do?

TOEFL:
Apparently DD's fine motor is preventing a grade skip so they are saying she is not in either grade because she doesn't really fit in either grade (montessori so it doesn't really matter anyway). But they asked if they could give her a TOEFL reading test to help them gage where she is reading-level wise because they were having a hard time figuring it out. I said ok, but just curious, what is this test? How do they test the 4yo's using this?

Thank you!!! Any suggestions/knowledge would help!