What interests your 'highly gifted' elementary kid?

[Anonymous]

My 6 yr old, who tested in the 99.9th percentile overall on the WPPSI test last year, likes sports, legos and pretend play games like fighting a dragon. He does not "stand out" in any observable way from his classmates, IMO.

[Anonymous]

I used to follow the local real estate market as well as the local news ...back when I was 11 and continuing through high school. Now I couldn't care less but I do remember the real estate trends from the 80's and 90's which has been helpful at times ...
oh yeah, no one would label me highly gifted, smart but not highly gifted.

I think any kid can develop "quirky" interests because after all each kid whether highly gifted or not gets to have their own personality and things they enjoy.

[Anonymous]

7 yr old: legos and architectural illustrations (his own and historical ones he "collects"). He can draw nearly any building he sees from memory, including angles he couldn't see like ariel views.
5 yr old: gears, mechanical illustrations (such as wiring diagrams, hvac systems, etc), and satellites/orbiting bodies.

They also play lacrosse and soccer, and have barely-manageable ADHD rendering them to complete spazzes most of the time.

[Anonymous]

Fart jokes. Age 9.

Also guitar and math.

[Anonymous]

6 year old: dogs, flags, maps, the Revolutionary War, Little House on the Prairie, fairies

[Anonymous]

age 7; legos, harry potter, star wars, sponge bob, chess, movies, scooby-doo; i don't know he's highly gifted, but he's in first grade and can't be bothered to mess with the boring reading they are doing at his school; he's reading the 7th harry potter book now at home with no trouble. i know he understands it all because he discusses it ad nauseum with his 15 year old brother