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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a NP and request more stories like the UNO child, please! I know not all folks with genius-level IQs are early readers. [/quote]

Yes, curious for stories that aren't just "could read Harry Potter by Kindergarten." That doesn't seem necessary nor sufficient for giftedness.[/quote]

Pay attention to what PPs are saying - you can tell a gifted kid because they learn without having to be taught. They figure everything out by themselves - from observation or by thinking about it on their own. You tell them A, and they apply it to figure out B, C, D, etc. It's not about meeting milestones early or specific parlor tricks, it's about how they interact with the world and learn "by osmosis." [/quote]

I was paying attention, but sincere thank you for distilling it in this way.

I wonder because I have an official "genius" level IQ, but I also read very early etc. My child was not an early reader. It just didn't click for her-- past grade level, anyway-- until recently (7). I feel I shouldn't care if she's gifted, but I wonder... also knowing many genius former classmates who didn't read well until 6-8. But of course I didn't observe them as an adult when they were young kids.

She is as described, basically. Very observant, makes connections easily. Also figuring out a lot of mathematical concepts intuitively. Time will tell, I guess. [/quote]

A lot of profoundly gifted kids usually do meet their milestones (including things like reading) very early, and so your question/focus isn't misguided imo. They also do tend to have unique stories like the 2 year old who figured out even and odd numbers intuitively. It's not necessarily one or the other, as it's often both.

The difficulty in using milestones, and why you're getting push back, is that a lot of average and mildly gifted kids also meet some milestones very early too. Over time, their precociousness peters out as other kids catch up. Since there are statistically a lot more of them than the profoundly or highly gifted, most people have experience with that (i.e. all the stories about "that kid in preschool who appeared really precocious but turned out to be average.")

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