I do not think you can not depend on daycare providers to assess giftedness.
This was certainly true in our case. DS was tested as reading at a 4th grade level when he entered kindergarten at 4 1/2, and yet his preschool pooh-poohed me when I let them know we were pursuing early kindergarten enrollment. DS loved preschool, so his preschool teachers saw no need to rush things, but in my mind, it was a matter of prevention, not remediation. DS was enjoying school and I wanted to keep it that way, not wait for things to go sour.
