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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, all three 4 year olds on my block in NW DC (including my child) scored at the 99% on the WPPSI.  Same goes for my child's 2 best friends at preschool.   Sure the kids are all bright.  But geniuses?  No signs of it that I can see.  I honestly see very little (if any) differences between them and any other 4 year olds I've ever known.  I honestly was shocked when my kid's score came back so high. (but I'll certainly take it!)

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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I'm the poster with the 99% kid on the block of all 99% 4 year olds.  I can assure you that none of these kids would get anyone's attention in public because of their shear brilliance.  None of these 4 year olds are reading.  None are doing advanced math (or any math).  One is a dinosaur expert.  Another (my child) is a whiz with Legos.  A third is a fanatic about art projects.  That's about it.

And I can tell you that my 99% child is adequately stimulated in our NW DC preschool.  He he is squarely in the middle of the pack and does not require any special enrichment. [/quote]

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