My 4 Yr Old Son's FSIQ is 131, Now What?

[Anonymous]

My sister is in Mensa. She is extremely bright. But she is also interested in doing quirky intelligence things which is probably what drove her to join. She is just a regular normal person though. Lawyer like everyone else!

[Anonymous]

That being said, welcome to Washington: home of the super people ; where an IQ of 131 is a dime a dozen; as in about 40% of the Pre-K applicants with the remainder being all at about 110-120's and a few 140 and up.

Are you a child psychologist who administers this test?

Please share where you obtained this information, it's interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are to be congratulated, because a 131 in the WPPSI is - according to NurtureShock - more a reflection of attentive parenting than actual native intelligence. You should definitely encourage it, and one of the best ways (according to a recent study) is through games like Quirkle, SET and Rush Hour.

But - as many have pointed out - 131 is not out of the ordinary at all in this area (you can search for previous threads about how all the applicants to DC privates seem to have 99% WPPSI scores). Generally, however, IQ testing in children doesn't indicate actual intelligence until about third grade - i.e., not everyone who got 99% in Kindergarten testing will be 99% in third grade. However, they are still smart kids.

My son's FSIQ came out at 140. Boy was I surprised. He is certainly smart, but in no way a superstar in his Kindergarten class.
I took that IQ score with a grain of salt...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No, you don't get the menses card for your wallet unless you score 140 or higher on later age testing ( max WIPPSI is a 140, but it is given too young to be a true indicator).

This made me smile! Who do I talk to about giving up my menses card for a while if I haven't tested above 140.

I know this is the private school forum, but there are plenty of kids in public school who are this bright as well.

[Anonymous]

Can you give up your menses card if you are over 40? Or only if you are over 50?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you give up your menses card if you are over 40? Or only if you are over 50?

been waiting for someone to go there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you give up your menses card if you are over 40? Or only if you are over 50?

been waiting for someone to go there

Thought all of you were too young to catch that--even though it appears most qualify for Mensa, judging by all the reported WPPSI scores!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just follow our son's lead on things that interest him to keep his spark for learning. You can find great books in the children's non-fiction area of the library on topics of interest, whether it be dinos, outer space, animals - DK books are great. Go to the museums, hike and explore outdoors etc. Read, play games. As he got older we did science experiments.

For us Montessori was great for PK/K and then we made sure his school had a variety of subjects in early grades to make sure that all the focus wasn't just reading and writing for others to catch up. And we looked for differentiation in the core subjects.

Good luck

Our DC was tested at almost 5 and FSIQ was 150. This is exactly the approach we've taken. Just keep your DC's mind engaged and he'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That being said, welcome to Washington: home of the super people ; where an IQ of 131 is a dime a dozen; as in about 40% of the Pre-K applicants with the remainder being all at about 110-120's and a few 140 and up.

Are you a child psychologist who administers this test?

Please share where you obtained this information, it's interesting.

If you google a bit about the ERB you will find some Bell Curves which graph %ile , stanine,raw score and FSIQ all together under one bell curve. Looking at the Independent school norm it shows that the largest cohort in the independent schools scores in a stanine range that correlates with a FSIQ in 120's, the kids who score in the 8th and 9th stanine are in the top 10% of their class and this correlates with 135 FSIQ and higher. The public school norm( bulk of scores) is a full 1-2 standard deviations lower. That doesn't mean public schools don't have bright kids, it just means that in private schools they are more a dime a dozen( more the bulk of the scores). Sorry I don't know the exact site, but it isn't hard to find if you just google: ERB,stanine,percentiles

You can also just feel this should you decide to be the parent reader one morning before you have had your coffee.

[Anonymous]

OP you are obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No, you don't get the menses card for your wallet unless you score 140 or higher on later age testing ( max WIPPSI is a 140, but it is given too young to be a true indicator).

This made me smile! Who do I talk to about giving up my menses card for a while if I haven't tested above 140.

I know this is the private school forum, but there are plenty of kids in public school who are this bright as well.

Appreciate the sarcasm. I don't know anyone who is really smart who needs this kind of validation. It is the more the kind of thing that they would mock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you are obnoxious.

Why do I have to be obnoxious? I just learned about this site, and I just wanted some advice to help my son. I'm new to this private school process, Welsher testing, etc. You do not have to be upset with me because your kid didn't do as well. Get a life!

[Anonymous]

Hahahahaha!! I'm laughing AT YOU because my brother has genius level IQ, was studied when he was in highschool because he score off the charts.. Never graduated highschool and works as a doorman. I was the one with the 'average IQ' who went on to get a Masters. Your little genius may just turn out to be average, and that's okay.

And, you don't have a genius on your hands. BTW

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Anonymous wrote:Hahahahaha!! I'm laughing AT YOU because my brother has genius level IQ, was studied when he was in highschool because he score off the charts.. Never graduated highschool and works as a doorman. I was the one with the 'average IQ' who went on to get a Masters. Your little genius may just turn out to be average, and that's okay.

And, you don't have a genius on your hands. BTW

Oh snippety SNAP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, all three 4 year olds on my block in NW DC (including my child) scored at the 99% on the WPPSI. Same goes for my child's 2 best friends at preschool. Sure the kids are all bright. But geniuses? No signs of it that I can see. I honestly see very little (if any) differences between them and any other 4 year olds I've ever known. I honestly was shocked when my kid's score came back so high. (but I'll certainly take it!)


I would question those results if you truly don't notice anything a little different about your kid. Unless , of course, they are your first or only and you don't get out in general population very much and so lack perspective. A typical 4 year old with a 98% ile or 99% on WIPPSI will pretty much get everyone's attention wherever he goes with his/her long detailed monologue, sharp observations, high degree of sensitivity or just by reading newspaper out loud while waiting for the flight to board at the airport kind of thing.....this is every day type of experience with these kids. Even if you get used to it, go to the play ground or the store and you will get at least a few raised eye brows. Also a 6 year old who regularly talks 35 year old Ivy League Grads into a corner is a dead give away.