Hey Twinkles,
Glad you found us!
Sad to hear that you DD is 'going undercover' so early. You might want to mind a preschool that is willing to let her be in a 'mixed age' classroom with the older kids that will 'make room' for her to be herself.
Keep tracking those Ruf milestones, and I bet that in a few years the pattern will become more obvious.
As for the schools that require 98%, just be glad you have some local options, check into them, and spend some time observing the classroom and seeing if you think that they would be a good fit for your daughter.
It's not as though the IQ tests act like some kind of 'egg sorting' device that neatly channel each child into the kind of classrooms where they will be best served! Too bad about that! But the testing you've done, and your observations, are telling you that she will need some accomidation.
I'm trying to popularise the phrase: 'Gifted is as Gifted does.' to mean that if she is doing Kindy work at age 3, don't send her to kindy at age 5. Try to get her in the learning environment that is closest to meeting the needs she has now, and don't worry about what the IQ test says. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, right?
Sorry to hear about your headache. I've found that talkative gifted children are amazingly effective forms of birthcontrol!
Come talke somemore when you are feeling better, ok?
Grinity
