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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are kids who can comprehend lord of the rings at age 4 so reading Harry Potter at age 8 seems reasonable for gifted kids. [/quote]

There are kids who can read the words at 4, very few kids, but comprehend? Doubtful. There are kids who can complete calculus problems at 4 but do they understand the concepts? Huge difference between sounding out the words and comprehension.[/quote]

Yes. Comprehend. They exist. However there are only a few. Just like there are a few kids who will understand the concepts behind the Pythagorean theorem and completing the square at age 4. [/quote]

Where do they exist? Certainly not among the parents I was talking about who claim their kid can read Harry Potter in grades K-2. [/quote]

Plenty of advanced readers can comprehend Harry Potter in 2nd grade. Not most, but plenty. And there are kids, far and few between, who can comprehend Harry Potter in K. [/quote]

Not Harry Potter.  Lord of the rings.

I know a kid who read and comprehended Harry Potter in K.  But definitely not Lord of the rings.[/quote]

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