When I was still trying to figure out whether my son might be highly gifted, I kept reading that early reading is not necessarily a sign of giftedness, which only added to my confusion. Over time, however, I've realized that many articles that downplay "early reading" as a sign of giftedness are probably referring to reading before kindergarten, not reading easy readers cover to cover at age 2, which is what my son was doing. So, I'm wondering, what is "early" in terms of math? Did many others of you who have super mathy kids see it as early as 2 or 3?
My son is barely 4 now, and his preschool teacher has already pooh poohed his abilities because he's not doing math at the same level that he's reading, as if he can't be all THAT bright because he wasn't that interested in addition at age 3 (he seems to get it now, but it didn't come spontaneously, the way reading did, and he'll take words over numbers any day). I'm still assuming this is something that could emerge in the next couple of years.
