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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with several folks here. My approach to my GT kids at that age:

1. Play-based preschool
2. Lots of mom reading to child cuddly time (b/c that's what children liked)
3. Encourage them in their interests.
4. Love, kisses and more love.

Hmmm. That's about it. I haven't done any outside school supplementation that's not part of what we would do in normal family fun.

Really, it is up to the child. Even with play-based preschool, one child started reading on his own when he was 4. It's just who he is.[/quote]

+1 I have a kid in HGC and while I can't be sure that the path we took was what brought DC to the HGC, I can tell you that we also picked a play-based preschool and dc blossomed.  We also spent a LOT of time reading together but I never pushed dc to read on his own and was surprised to learn from his kindergarten teacher that he could already read quite well at the beginning of the school year- he just preferred not to!  I think when they are 3 and 4, lots of play, affection and encouraging their natural interests is the best way to go- and of course read to them![/quote]

I third this.  My HGC kid went to a Waldorf preschool and entering kindergarten, didn't even know her letters and numbers (in fact, she didn't distinguish between letters and numbers).  She did NOTHING academic before K, nothing at all.  And she didn't read until she was almost 7.

When she did learn to read, she was insatiable, ditto wrt numbers and math.  She tested into the HGC, then a MS magnet, and is now in high school (also at a magnet) doing beautifully.  We play no role whatsoever in her school/academic life - it is all hers.

Gifted is not something you can "prep" for - it just is.  Give your child what she needs, developmentally, and the rest will fall into place.[/quote]

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