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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. The reason I asked is my son is unfortunately very very average. He doesn't have too many interests and not much perseverance. I am very disappointed but really try to work on it, never show it to him and am trying to find something he is good at. He is not into arts, not into sports, not into anything. His only interest and capability is reading. But even that seems to be not that unusual. Oh well. At least he is good at it.[/quote]

He's only in first grade!![/quote]

A fair number of 1st graders 'test' a couple to a few grades above in reading, which is essentially showing they've mastered the skills of decoding ... and now they are in the category of comprehension.  For many kids that doesn't fully click until end of second.   Some are later.  (Moving from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn').  A first grader testing a couple grades above essentially means the kids has hit a 'fluent' reading threshold.

While earlier reading doesn't necessarily correlate to much necessarily - it gives the kid the ability to now soak things up and really get into stories and ideas and areas of interest.  So it's something that you can cultivate and focus on.  If he's showing interest, you can feed that!  Reading about things is a great way to find passions and ideas....  General would recommend to cultivate/encourage/be enthusiastic for anything he shows interest in, without pushing too much.

First grade is really young still.  And some of the kids who seem to excel at things in first will keep thriving in those, but for many others it will change, diminish relatively or move on to something new.

-- another child development researcher[/quote]

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