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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The more civil answer is that every kid benefits from being treated as if s/he were gifted.  The advice being given here (play games, read, talk, observe,visit museums, help your child find and pursue his or her passion(s)) is good advice regardless of how smart your kid is.

On some level, it doesn't matter what prompted OP to ask how to keep her preschooler intellectually stimulated and engaged.  It's a good question -- so some people answered it without snarking about WPSSI scores.  So do you think that the appropriate advice for someone whose kid got this particular score is "don't bother -- he's probably not really gifted?"
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OP here.
Thank you for this post. BTW, I never mentioned anything about my DS being gifted. People on this thread just assumed so.[/quote]

People aren't assuming so; they are stating the fact based on the test result.  On WPPSI III a score of between 130 and 138 is ranked as gifted.  If you aren't comfortable with that it's fine but you should start getting used to the idea.  Your child's full scale IQ is in the top 2% of the population.  To put this in perspective, this is just as different from the norm as the bottom 2% of the population.

Also, gifted ed experts (including the Davidson Institute) believe that the GAI is a better measure of giftedness and many programs now defer to the GAI (which omits the working memory & processing speed which commonly lowers a gifted child's FSIQ).  The working memory & processing speed measurement is most beneficial when assessing a child for delays or learning disabilities and is not that relevant in gifted testing unless a LD is suspected.  Point being is that chances are your child's GAI will net an even higher IQ.

Another thing to point out is that there are ceilings on the WPPSI subtests.  If your child scored either an 18 or 19 on any of the subtests it means that they hit the ceiling and the IQ score is depressed.  To get a true idea of the IQ score you would need to move on to another test like the Stanford Binet.  I'm not suggesting you do this unless you think the information would benefit your child in some way; I'm simply explaining the nuances.

There are certainly more top 2%'ers in the DC metro area than what is typical in other parts of the country.  This is great because it means that your child will be more likely to find cognitive peers which is so important as gifted kids need to form deep friendships with those they feel understand them.

Some parents feel that "merely" gifted kids will do fine in a regular classroom either public or private.  These parents know what is best for their children and for many gifted kids this is certainly true.  But, if the same kids were put in an environment with cognitive peers, designed to address not only their academic but social and emotional needs  I think you would see even greater strides to meet their potential.  This is just my opinion.

In public school systems and the majority of privates there are no programs for gifted kids below third grade.  This is a tragedy in my opinion because educators and psychologists agree that early intervention for any exceptionality is so important for optimal development.  An exceptionality could be a learning disability, a developmental delay, or giftedness.  I cringe when I hear the advice that, "your child is just 4; it doesn't matter!".  It does matter and can make a big difference in their future success.

Here is an article that explains the testing further:
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/highly_profoundly.htm

Here are some other articles you may find interesting (most are related to early intervention and early years of education):
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED370268&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED370268
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=248
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/early.intervention.html
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=160
http://personalweb.donet.com/~eprice/hanninen.htm
http://www.malonefamilyfoundation.com/whatisgifted_assessing2.html
http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=2517
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/234896/everyone_wants_to_think_their_toddler.html?cat=25

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