Yes, everyone belongs here... from the mildly curious to those steeped in giftedness, this open public forum has a diverse membership.
When your child is a bit older, you might look into the Davidson Young Scholars (
DYS) program for profoundly gifted.
In addition to being gifted, your child sounds largely auto-didactic (self-taught) thus far. However even most gifted kids will need instruction at their appropriate level of academic
challenge (zone of proximal development or ZPD) at some point. There is an ongoing complication in assessing for appropriate curriculum placement and pacing as these kiddos may often learn much more rapidly and also deeper (having tangentially related questions) than schools typically teach... therefore these kids may appear to be both ahead and behind, at the same time.
Your child's dream/nightmare of the fire may remain unexplained and may fade from memory. However there are many stories and reports (evidently credible) of young children reporting "past lives." Many of these experiences (which may be found
online with a web search) seem to also fade from a child's memory as the child ages. Such experiences may be controversial as some faith belief systems do not accept reincarnation, therefore (like giftedness) these experiences cannot often be discussed with family, friends, and acquaintances IRL without possible permanent change/damage/distancing within one's network and support system. My thoughts would be to write down what your child says and keep it tucked away somewhere in case it may become pivotal to your child's future development. Here are two articles which touch on these type of childhood memories... one by
Joy Navan (a former SENG director) and one by
Stephanie Tolan.
