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[quote=Anonymous]I have two kids who, at some point much later than 4, had testing that indicated they are in that range.

One kid it was obvious very early on.  He talked very early, and was very advanced.  At 14 months he'd sit on your lap and let you read to him for hours and ask and answer questions in complete sentences.  He read fluently before 3. Was doing late elementary school math at 3 and 4.  Could play chess well at 4.

His brother spent the year he was 3 running around like a maniac.  Couldn't sit still for a book unless mayyybe there was a truck in it.  Had no interest in letters or numbers until I basically forced him to sit down and learn them the summer before Kindergarten.  I would have said he was athletically talented but otherwise average.  When he got to school he took all his academic potential and applied it the task of getting his work done as fast as humanly possible so he could get back to playing. And then, gradually, he began to find somethings, other than running around like a madman, that he enjoyed that used his brain.  He's still very athletic, but he's also into things like art, and robotics.  And at school, if they offer him something harder he still rushes through that and gets 100% so he can get back to the things he likes to do.  No ADHD, just a high energy kid.

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