Trinity,
DD (5) Has a wicked memory and is very visual, learned her alphabet by sight at around 13 months( could bring us any letter we asked for, and "read " it) She LOVES complicated novels, but just cannot read them herself. She **hates** simplistic stories. I have been trying to "catch-up" her reading (Late 1st) to match her ability to compare novels etc, but it has just been hellish. I thought she was "reading" earlier on, and she did have many sight words at around 21 months, but then she morphed into a "memorizer"... On her Testing, her scores were high across the board except "processing" , which was 15-ish points lower...but still *Well* above 130. I have often wondered if that is what is going on with her reading speed. Nice to meet you, though I think I have met you before on another board:)
AL