Gifted Children?

brownhairedmom · Jun 19th, 2009, 14:39 PM

Has anyone got a child that has been defined as actually "gifted" or "exceptionally" gifted? If you do, what were they like when they were babies that gave you some clues? How did you find out?

Jw because my LO is veryadvanced with the things she can do intellectually, but is just average in her physical milestones.

Pyrrhic · Jun 19th, 2009, 14:41 PM

I was in gifted classes at school, and apparently I got bored very easily as a child, was very inquisitive and into everything, and walked at 9 months.

I am far from gifted now

Eoz · Jun 19th, 2009, 14:44 PM

Interesting question.My kids are all normal kind of.One has learning difficulties but copes ok but my 2 year is starting to show lots of advanced signs.She trys to read a book and if its one i have read she will repeat it.She can count to ten already and has started to do all her colours and when she is playing with toys she puts them in colour order,She is a clever little madam and it shows in her tantrums as she likes to do everything all for herself.Her pre school have said she out does some 4 yr olds x

alice&bump · Jun 19th, 2009, 14:45 PM

my sister was a gifted child, in the top 1% of intelligence. i cant remember what she was like under 1, but she was always really inquisitive, had to know how everything worked. was walking at a year (i was 18 months!), talking and all that stuff. by the time she started school, she could do her 11, 12, 13 times tables, could read and write - she went into school with mymum before she started, to see my teacher and was drawing crosses on the blackboard - so not proper words, but symbols!

at school, she was ALWAYS in trouble cos she got really bored and was disruptive, talking all the time cos she'd done all her work in minutes!

brownhairedmom · Jun 19th, 2009, 14:49 PM

Renah's ahead in like...she started baby signing at 5 months after a very short period of me starting it, she just turned 7 months old and she says: mom, nan, no, and hi already, she pays attention to stories when you read to her and tries to turn the page, she comes up with creative ways of getting things, she has recognized herself in the mirror and makes actions to herself in it for a while now.

However, she rarely rolls over, was very late lifting her head on her tummy and has no interest whatsoever in moving around. She has started to try to drag herself on her belly but she gets frustrated because she can't get it fast enough and gives up

alice&bump · Jun 19th, 2009, 14:56 PM

it sounds like she's well clever!! katie recognised herself in the mirror a while ago, she loves looking at herself and if i stand to the side, sort of so she can see me and i can see her, she turns round to see me!

katie's a nightmare with books, i've given up for the time being...they just end up in her mouth!!

Mervs Mum · Jun 19th, 2009, 18:26 PM

My eldest was identified as G&T at her first school and is fast tracking though school ATM. She's at a selective school (she came 75th out of just over 1500 kids who sat the entrance exam) and is in top sets there.

As a baby she was pretty average to do most things TBH - she didnt stand out to me as super bright but then I had nothing to compare he with really. She walked the week she turned 1 so not very quickly. She did read early though - I do remember that. The thing with Em is that she's not a child genius or anything - she's just a grafter. She works very hard at everything.

mommyof3co · Jun 19th, 2009, 18:41 PM

Both me and my sister were classed as that in school...we did advanced classes and all that.

Casen isn't in school yet so we don't know but I'm thinking he might be headed that way. He's been reading some since he was almost 4, he has been writing since 3, like really well. His brother just finished kindergarten and at 4 Casen does about 95% of everything Landon does. He reads pretty well, still needing some practice but has the basic concept of how to do it. He adds and subracts really well

AppleBlossom · Jun 19th, 2009, 18:52 PM

Grace is the same as Renah, she is quite advanced intellectually, she knew how to do twinkle twinkle when she was about 5/6 months even if it just came on tv, she would open and close her hands like a 'star' and she could say mama, by 7/8 months she could also say baba and hiya and understood things like turning pages in books to look for the next thing etc. Now at almost 1 she can do all of that, she says nana and gay (

) although gay is the only one not used in context (e.g. if she sees a phone she says hiys, if she wants me she says mama) and I think when she says gay she is trying to say Grace. However she was late doing the physical stuff like sitting, rolling, and standing and can stand herself up now, has been for a couple of months but she still has to hold on with at least one hand. She is very bright just not that physical, bit like myself lol I was quite bright in primary school, I had the reading age of an 18 year old at 7 and I was very very good at spelling.

brownhairedmom · Jun 19th, 2009, 20:41 PM

Yeah I was in advanced classes at school too, I was reading adult level books when I was in primary grades & I was quite good at math until I got in high school and stopped paying attention because I didn't like it. I graduated from highschool with awards in social studies & english. My sister is a math genius and has been asked to teach classes at her school even though she is only going into her 3rd year of undergrad.

However, I am also not physical at all. I couldn't skip rope as a child very well, I have ZERO coordination

Maybe she turns after me in that respect.

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brownhairedmom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,444	Gifted Children? Has anyone got a child that has been defined as actually "gifted" or "exceptionally" gifted? If you do, what were they like when they were babies that gave you some clues? How did you find out? Jw because my LO is veryadvanced with the things she can do intellectually, but is just average in her physical milestones.

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Pyrrhic Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,567	I was in gifted classes at school, and apparently I got bored very easily as a child, was very inquisitive and into everything, and walked at 9 months. I am far from gifted now

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Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	Interesting question.My kids are all normal kind of.One has learning difficulties but copes ok but my 2 year is starting to show lots of advanced signs.She trys to read a book and if its one i have read she will repeat it.She can count to ten already and has started to do all her colours and when she is playing with toys she puts them in colour order,She is a clever little madam and it shows in her tantrums as she likes to do everything all for herself.Her pre school have said she out does some 4 yr olds x

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alice&bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,702	my sister was a gifted child, in the top 1% of intelligence. i cant remember what she was like under 1, but she was always really inquisitive, had to know how everything worked. was walking at a year (i was 18 months!), talking and all that stuff. by the time she started school, she could do her 11, 12, 13 times tables, could read and write - she went into school with mymum before she started, to see my teacher and was drawing crosses on the blackboard - so not proper words, but symbols! at school, she was ALWAYS in trouble cos she got really bored and was disruptive, talking all the time cos she'd done all her work in minutes!

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brownhairedmom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,444	Renah's ahead in like...she started baby signing at 5 months after a very short period of me starting it, she just turned 7 months old and she says: mom, nan, no, and hi already, she pays attention to stories when you read to her and tries to turn the page, she comes up with creative ways of getting things, she has recognized herself in the mirror and makes actions to herself in it for a while now. However, she rarely rolls over, was very late lifting her head on her tummy and has no interest whatsoever in moving around. She has started to try to drag herself on her belly but she gets frustrated because she can't get it fast enough and gives up

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alice&bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,702	it sounds like she's well clever!! katie recognised herself in the mirror a while ago, she loves looking at herself and if i stand to the side, sort of so she can see me and i can see her, she turns round to see me! katie's a nightmare with books, i've given up for the time being...they just end up in her mouth!!

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mommyof3co Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 10,076	Both me and my sister were classed as that in school...we did advanced classes and all that. Casen isn't in school yet so we don't know but I'm thinking he might be headed that way. He's been reading some since he was almost 4, he has been writing since 3, like really well. His brother just finished kindergarten and at 4 Casen does about 95% of everything Landon does. He reads pretty well, still needing some practice but has the basic concept of how to do it. He adds and subracts really well

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AppleBlossom Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 25,860	Grace is the same as Renah, she is quite advanced intellectually, she knew how to do twinkle twinkle when she was about 5/6 months even if it just came on tv, she would open and close her hands like a 'star' and she could say mama, by 7/8 months she could also say baba and hiya and understood things like turning pages in books to look for the next thing etc. Now at almost 1 she can do all of that, she says nana and gay ( ) although gay is the only one not used in context (e.g. if she sees a phone she says hiys, if she wants me she says mama) and I think when she says gay she is trying to say Grace. However she was late doing the physical stuff like sitting, rolling, and standing and can stand herself up now, has been for a couple of months but she still has to hold on with at least one hand. She is very bright just not that physical, bit like myself lol I was quite bright in primary school, I had the reading age of an 18 year old at 7 and I was very very good at spelling.

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brownhairedmom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,444	Yeah I was in advanced classes at school too, I was reading adult level books when I was in primary grades & I was quite good at math until I got in high school and stopped paying attention because I didn't like it. I graduated from highschool with awards in social studies & english. My sister is a math genius and has been asked to teach classes at her school even though she is only going into her 3rd year of undergrad. However, I am also not physical at all. I couldn't skip rope as a child very well, I have ZERO coordination Maybe she turns after me in that respect.

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