This is why I have really no idea how gifted my kid is. If asked to perform (as I have slowly come to realize) he takes 'evasive maneuvers'. He will read words like "camouflage" or "practice" but balk at "we".

I asked once him point blank (but gently) just how much he could read he replied "I can read a little bit ... little words like if an it" which is verbatim quote from "Hop on Pop". Sigh.

This is one of the reasons we are doing gifted private school - the only way I can think of to get him to drop the mask is to have so much interesting stuff and interesting peers that there is no time to play games any more.

Last edited by cmguy; 09/18/14 09:18 AM.