AlexsMom-yes, I'm hearing alot of that in gifted kids too...perfectionism seems to have a lot to do with it and I'm hoping it's why DD8 is still having issues with writing (like she wants it to be perfect the first time, you know?) I just always took it for granted, even when I was a child, that people would read at a certain age. I think I was a teenager before I even heard of dyslexia and was shocked to learn that there are illiterate adults holding down jobs.
The preschool teacher for DD4.5 gives a detailed assesment at the end of the school year and she pointed out to me that DD knew opposites. That didn't seem like a big deal to me, but apparently that isn't "the norm" for her age, that opposites can be sore of ambiguous and most of her age mates can't consistently identify opposites. I never taught her opposites myself, where did she learn that? lol!
