Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion over estimating child's ability

Thanks all - I think I may have given an impression I didn't mean to!

I really don't try to teach DD anything (I love that ref to Rick Moranis btw), I give her activity books etc that are a bit over her skill set to see if it takes, if not then no big deal. She really is not the type of kid who can be forced to learn anything she isn't into. It's just often everything seems so easy and I think oh well maybe you could try reading Rainbow Fairies (which is not ahead in terms of decoding but is in terms of comprehension?) so I give her one and then halfway through I'll say "so are you enjoying that book?" She'll say "yes but I don't really understand it"

I get what you are all saying though! I'm paranoid about putting pressure on her!

I would point out that DD's "number" was mainly to disprove behaviour issues rather than IQ, we only got a percentage anyway. 99% of the time I think it is a vast over estimation!