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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.
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No, a typical 4-year-old at the 98th %ile will look a lot like other 4-year-olds.  It's high enough (if it stands the test of time) to suggest that the individual will be able to pursue whatever academic interests they have, but not so high that they will be difficult to educate, intellectually overwhelming, or jaw-dropping smart.

You need to understand how scoring on the WPPSI works.  First, it is pretty sensitive to enrichment at home - questions about vocabulary and background knowledge, puzzles and building with blocks, some reasoning - while different kids will show the benefits of the enrichment to different degrees (some kids really are little sponges), all kids will be helped by this kind of environment, and it shows up on the WPPSI.  Second, because young kids develop so unevenly, a very high Full Scale score can come from several high-but-not-that-high subtest scores - for 4-year-olds the whole really is greater than the sum of the parts.

OP, this is a terrific score, and I would just keep doing what you've been doing - talk to your child, read, provide lots of enrichment, help him/her pursue passions, visit the library and museums, etc.  For a 4-year-old, that's plenty![/quote]

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