Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Pushing an almost Kindergartner to read

just a suggestion, you might want to get his eyes checked. DD5 started K last year reading at about a 2nd grade level (she was 4 almost 5 at the time), at times she would show more but would tire very very easily. I never pushed because I thought she would do what she wanted to do in her own sweet time,lol. What concered me was that her older sister seemed to progress so much faster than her (they both were very,very early readers) Just from some stuff I read here I decided to get her eyes checked (this must include having the pupils dilated) she needed glasses (badly) and sees a vision therapist. What a difference the glasses have made. My point is sometimes gifted kids will compensate for what they can't see, normally a child at 4 reading at a 2nd grade level wouldn't be looked at as having a problem, I could just tell there was something else wrong, her being so tired and being reluctate to do school work sometimes even though I knew it was easy for her.