Hello! I'm new to this forum and am the mother of DS5 and DD5 who will enter K in the fall. DS5 asks very complex questions, talks constantly, and needs little sleep. Pretty much on its own, his reading advanced startlingly quickly last spring (in contrast to his twin who is just now reading as one might expect an advanced preschool child). They underwent testing in December (right before turning 5) and his scores were:
KBIT-2 = 133 (composite)
KTEA Brief form II
Math = 128
Reading = 160
Kaufman test of educational achievement Comprehensive form
Reading = 130
Nonsense words = 120
His reading comprehension now in comparison to December seems grade levels better and sometimes he will wake up in the middle of the night, turn on his light, and read. He can hardly dress himself or do basic tasks without getting distracted by books in his room (particularly nonfiction). He is like a 5 year old absentminded professor. To say the least, he has not been challenged in preschool and seems very different from his peers.
In my research it seems that although the KBIT does correlate generally with other assessments of intelligence, it meant to be a screen and may not reveal the true story. The tester wants to test them with WISC-IV at 6. She did not feel he had any signs of ADHD/ASD.
My biggest concern is how to provide a challenge in K for him (in particular) while balancing social/emotional development. We have them enrolled in a small private school and met with them in January about our tester's recommendation to have him go to third grade for reading and they were pretty hesitant about doing this.
Any advice on what this all means and/or how to satisfy this very "thirsty" child would be great! Nice problem to have, I guess.
Cheers,
Dee
