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Delbows,

I apologize if anything I said insinuated I thought you were bragging. I most definitely did not take it that way. My frustration has been that since we have become recently involved with the local "Gifted" community the parents seem to be so focused on when their children started reading that we began to feel that maybe the IQ test were wrong concerning our child. Maybe he wasn't gifted since he wasn't reading at these advanced levels. Granted he could do multiplication and division early, he wasn't reading. We just never heard mention from these other parents about their children's math ability. And I mean none of them mentioned math. Even in lectures we went to, all reading emphasis. It's comforting to hear that it's not all about reading. It would be nice if some of these lecturers would at least mention math abilities though.

Trintiy, he loves books about weather, anatomy, science, etc but I read them of course and then he wants to discuss it. Discuss it so much that trying to finish a page takes along time with all the questions one must answer (or try to answer, thank goodness for the Internet) Recently he has become fascinated with the speed of light (Don't ask, I don't know where he got that). The other day he gave me a pretty in depth description of Black Holes that I assume he picked picked up from the Discovery Channel or even a cartoon. I have no idea. So you are probably right, he might just find the readers boring. It's getting to the point where my answer to many questions regarding my son is "I have no idea".

Thanks to everyone. BTW, who is Dottie?

Val,

YSP: Young Scholars Program
SBV: Stanford Binet 5

I apologize if my acronyms are wrong. Maybe you can help me. What does the "DD" and "DS" stand for that I see in reference to each person's children?

Hi Confused Parent!

My son is 4 (will be 5 in Nov.) and also loves math and science. He asks endless questions on physics and math and says he wants to be a scientist. He is also not that into reading. His reading is advanced for his age, but he just hasn't caught fire with reading the way his sister did. She's a total bookworm!

Kids are different and have different interests. I don't think your son's current lack of interest in reading means that his SB5 score is wrong! I don't know about YS. We are waiting to apply when DS is 5, but he doesn't *quite* make their cutoff. He took the WPPSI-III a several months ago and missed the YS cutoff by 1 point. So, I guess we'll have to wait and see. It's free to apply, so there's nothing to lose, right?

Cathy

Thanks Cathy. My son says he wants to be a doctor and a daddy (kind of flattering). And a ninja.

Hi Dottie,

I'm glad to meet the resident testing expert. I think I might challenge you for title of "Most Obsessive Parent" when it comes to testing in the near future.

The tester mentioned she went up to 4/5th grade level on some of the test and had to remind herself that he had not even started kindergarten yet. Does that mean the test results might be flawed? Also what does it mean 99th percentile mid second grade? Does that mean he is in the 99th percentile for second graders or 99th percentile for preschoolers and could do second grade material?

Thanks,
CP

Hello to all, I am a newby in this whole gifted realm. It's great to hear you all, because I know my daughter is gifted, but haven't had any testing done as of yet. She is 5, reads real well, and has an insane appetite for science. To the parent that mentioned the science books. We went to a book sale. Sophia picked out 5 books, all science, Plate Tectonics, Bugs, Dinasoars, Planets...

We are unhappy (that is an understatement) with her Kindergarten curriculum so far, and are looking to have her tested and moved. Do you recommend doing testing on our own? Or going through the school system?

K

I reccomend, though I'm only 11, that you should go through the school system. If not, they'll probably make some excuse about it "not being valid".

Dottie,

Do you think we should retest him in a year?

CP

One more question, what does the abbreviation "DD", "DS" mean?

I think it stands for Dearest son (DS) and Dearest Daughter(DD)