Kentucky two-year-old's high IQ makes her youngest female member of Mensa

Montessori schools are good for kids like that. They can hang out with both older and younger peers there and develop their talents.

That really depends on the Montessori school and how gifted the kid is. Some kids need more challenge that hanging out with older kids, not all Montessori schools are ready to offer this.

Specialized programs create specialists. Gifted kids need good social foundations and Montessori schools are better than regular schools in basically all ways for gifted children.

> Isla ultimately scored in the 99th percentile of intelligence for age on the Stanford-Binet IQ tests. She was 2½ years old.

I would think that her abilities would put her well into the 99th percentile. This is like saying Bill Gates is in the 99th percentile for wealth.

"Isla McNabb’s ability to read back words written on an erasable tablet led her parents to contact Guinness World Records"