THis thread reminded me of this post at The More CHild blog.
http://themorechild.com/2007/12/26/why-elementary-teachers-overlook-the-verbally-gifted-child/I not only think of a highly verbal child as a great reader but also a great thinker. I remember just being puzzled by DS's VCI on the WISCIV and his verbal scores asking myself "What does it mean?" Does it mean he knows a lot of words? After reading here and other places, I came to think that it was more making connections, critical thinking. I recall that DSthen7-8, watching a NOVA show, making a connection with something else, then in the next segment, the narrator saying the exact same thing DS had said. I think in that sense, highly verbal kid can have issues that are more pervasive across the curriculum as suggested at the above link. I also read that highly verbal kids tend to do well in algebra. DS has gotten algebraic concepts at age 6 but we still must work on that pesky computation daily so I guess b/c of that, I don't see him as mathy. TO me, the computation wizard is more impressive. Probably b/c I'm not a computation wiz. Perhaps we're more impressed w/ skills/abilities we don't ourselves possess?
Dazey
