GS at 6, sat up front with the other kids for the 'kids sermon' at church. It's just a 5 minute talk, once a month, during the regular service. As usual, he was squirming around, waving to everyone in the congregation that he knew, talking to and poking the boys next to him, making faces at the camera(we tape the service), etc.; but he answered every question the minister asked. On the way home my husband chastised him for not listening, I asked GS to repeat the kids sermon and he gave a thorough synopsis of what the minister said and included how it applies to him.
It was my conclusion then that GS has the ability to multi-task. He does not have ADD as some might guess from first impression. He has the ability to process several things at the same time. It has to be extremely interesting to engage his whole interest at one time. His teachers have confirmed this is how he is in class. Just because he is paying attention to the kid across the room does not mean he is inattentive to the teacher.
I wonder if this ability to multi-task is often confused with ADD when the child is a gifted boy?
