Welcome Lilac Wine! Your DD sounds very clever! I have a DD5 and a DS7. Both of them started reading "late" by this boards standards, around 4y - 4.5y. But - and this is a big one - both quickly navigated to late 2nd grade early 3 grade reading levels within a few months of reading (one even read the first Harry Potter in KG; not unusual for HG+ kids but unusual for a child that hadn't been reading but 6 months). I suspect this might be the case with DD. Do encourage her and read to her... Try the approach of reading a line but stopping before the last word and see if she'll fill it in. If this is cumbersome, just read to her - often! BTW, we also go to a 145+ school and sometimes, it isn't what it's cracked up to be. Our school doesn't have a strict 145+ score requirement and you can clearly see the variance in the children. All are G+ (130+) but not all are HG. Thus, there are advantages to having them squarely in the "middle of the pack" as Grinity suggested but that is not the case for us with either child. I wish they were...but that is another post. Also, do encourage her language interest. Check your local library. I was pleasantly surprised to find a few free DVDs for checkout on Chinese, Spanish, even Hindi! Also, do check out your State gifted organization to see if anyone has experience with the schools you are considering as well as ask if you can speak with someone on the PTA/PTO just another perspective... Good luck and again, Welcome!
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