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[quote=Anonymous]Oldest is standard PG (ie Davidson, SET) level gifted in middle school. She spoke in paragraphs at 18 months and was full on reading by 24 months. In kindergarten they didn’t really test her, but in first grade an outside university tested her comprehension to be 6th grade which I believe was the ceiling for their test. She started taking the SAT in 5th grade and other tests for high schoolers and routinely scored at the 99th percentile for high schoolers.

Because she was our oldest we didn’t realize most of what she was doing was unusual. Like she could actually count things up to 25 or so at 18 months. Or like before two she understood addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Fractions? Don’t remember teaching her but she just always knew. At 18 months she was like talking to a 5yo in all respects. She listened to long, complicated books before she turned two.

Also she didn’t learn to read by sounding out. She just figured it out and memorized every word. All before turning two.

She is in middle school now and her existence is mostly normal. Her report cards are all stellar, and she gets comments about being the strongest writer in a teacher’s career. But she isn’t considered a wonder kid. She takes math 3 years above what’s normal. She loves to read and on average reads 100 pages a day. We kept track for a year because I was curious a few years ago.

I also have videos of her saying the presidents in order and elements of the periodic table at age 2. Parlor tricks. It was fun because it was so easy. But I cringe now because I know it could appear like we were forcing her. And some parents do which is sad. [/quote]

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