Hello all,
I had a question concerning gifted kids who are not yet reading in kindergarten....we had DD5 tested about a year ago (when she was a little older than 4 1/2) using the WPPSI, and she came out with a FSIQ of 139 (99.5th percentile). We weren't really surprised about the high score, as she hit every milestone early and has been very verbal since forever. However, as verbal as she is, she is not really reading much yet and shows no real desire to do so. Practically every gifted child I've ever known has started reading spontaneously before kindergarten (even my 4-year-old, who we thought was nowhere NEAR her older sister, started reading on her own this summer shortly before she turned 4), but DD5 just doesn't seem to "get it."
I've read that the WPPSI can be "off" by quite a bit because tests given so young are generally less reliable - is it possible she's not as high as the test indicated? Does anyone else have experience with late readers?
