My DYS kiddo had a lot of peers reading and doing above grade level math in kindergarten. Eight years later my DYS is many years ahead of them in every subject. These kids are doing fine, they just seem to be more early bloomers than gifted.
I guess I would also say that there's reading and there's READING. Some folks are like "OMG! My entering kindergartener can read!", and the child can, but it's Starfall level, Biscuit, perhaps Frog and Toad. This is really different from a child who is reading Harry Potter at 4, obviously. (Note--my kids aren't/weren't reading HP at 4.) It does also seem important and relevant to take exposure into consideration. Don't most Montessori kids have some level of reading mastery by 5?
