You have to be 5 by September 1, 2014. He is 5 now and has been since March. The results just do not seem to warrant that kind of age gap, ykwim? I'm not really sure on giftedness - most of the time I think bright but not. He's got fabulous executive functioning skills. Really one of those good kids who enjoys doing things "right" like putting his clothes in the dirty clothes basket, putting the empty cartoon in recycling when he finishes the juice/milk/water in it, etc. But he just does not seem to be a deep thinker like his brother and just not verbally gifted like his brother. His brother is so gifted verbally that I thought this DS was delayed- turns out he is average- above average. But he is amazing on a computer, absolutely amazing with puzzles(all kinds, too, like block puzzles, tanagrams, regular puzzles) - does puzzles several years above him. And is very interested in the "how" things work and happen (as opposed to the "why" like his brother). He seems to have great fine motor skills. Anyway he certainly does not seem like he wouldn't be ready to me and his pre-school teachers (who have had him for two years now) think he is more than ready and rave about what a joy he is to have in the classroom.
For this tests it does sound like he "threw" some things... For example, he knows my husband (his dad) is an engineer (and has said he wants to be one too like him) but when asked "what his dad does" during the test, he talked about how his dad is really good at video games. LOL. As for me all he knows is that I work on the computer when I do work. he doesn't know I am lawyer b/c I do not think I have ever told him . In his defense I work from home on a consulting basis so I am very often "not working" and being a sahm. When I am working I am just on my computer (b/c I do everything remotely).
Last edited by Irena; 06/20/14 02:57 PM.
