If a kid falls in the forest but doesn't have a carseat...
This is just a "ditto..." DS1 is really wierd, and I'm often blown away by how "advanced" other kids are compaired to him. But then something comes up and I have to make some stupid excuse for why we're reading *that,* or why he can do *that...* and then I'm convinced the same other kid is just parroting, and then it flips and it flops, and I'm left very confused. DS1 doesn't "know" anything unless he knows it in a way other kids just don't seem to worry about... he needs multiplucation to understand counting, evolution to understand what a flower is, etc.
I think DS is more different than "smart," but I do think he's auful smart. He is kinda sorta working above grade level, but he's 3, so take that for what it's worth. He shuts down when presented with kindergarden material because it's too simple *and* too hard; ask him if there are more boys or more girls, and he asks you to define your terms, which the teachers don't get at all.
Did I mention it's confusing...
