What's interesting is that both DH and I have never really thought of our dd has a math/science kid although for a period of her early years (until beginning of 1st grade) she was all about science, but reading has always been the most obvious strength.
Just had to comment on this ... I made the same mistake when my DS6 was small. His reading was just so *obvious*. However, as he got older, his mathy side had really blossomed. His verbal and spatial IQs were within a point of each other on his WPPSI.
I wonder if it has to do with having fewer daily opportunities to "practice" math, especially the mathy spatial thinking that isn't calculations, when the child is young. It would make perfect sense for a very perceptual child not to shine in early elementary mathematics, which is heavily fact-based and not reasoning based, kwim?
We also use the MAP assessment both at ds's public K last year and at his new first grade this year. I like that it isn't limited by grade level but will keep presenting new questions to fully determine the child's level. Very helpful -- but it took a long time to narrow down my poor kindergartner's level!
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