Anonymous wrote:My "gifted" child (I hate that term, but that's what the school system coined it) was reading by age 3, devouring chapter books by age 5, has an incredible memory, and a huge vocabulary (from reading incessantly, I believe). Also has a ton of anxiety. Not that all gifted kids are anxious, but there's a correlation.

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Anonymous wrote: My profoundly gifted son was a slightly late talker and he still has issues with articulation, although he does and always has had an extensive and advanced vocabulary. He started reading at age 4 1/2 and quickly progressed. Now at barely 6 he reads (content appropriate) novels as well as a variety of nonfiction. He loves encyclopedia type books, especially with a medical, science or space focus.

My older son is very bright but is closer to being more regularly gifted if not on the borderline. The early clues for me with my younger son were advanced spatial awareness skills, he could do hundred piece puzzle's by age 2 1/2. Early recognition of shapes, colors, letters and numbers. Advanced sorting skills. And just an overall ability to grasp concepts that wouldn't be interesting to most children his age. He has struggled socially because of this unfortunately.

Interesting! My 5th grader was doing 100 piece puzzles at 18 months. It was like a party trick....but she was a late talker and kindergarten reader.
Now in 5th grade she's a savvy, really mature kid with a lot of friends. Masters material very easily (scores 100% just about all tests) and 99% on each section of the PARCC each year.
But she doesn't strike me as a genius....just a really calm, level-headed, mature-for-her-age kid.
We've never had her IQ tested and honestly don't intend too unless we run into problems in school.

Anonymous wrote:My DD reads chapter books at 14 months. Is she gifted, I don't know.

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Anonymous wrote:My "gifted" child (I hate that term, but that's what the school system coined it) was reading by age 3, devouring chapter books by age 5, has an incredible memory, and a huge vocabulary (from reading incessantly, I believe). Also has a ton of anxiety. Not that all gifted kids are anxious, but there's a correlation.

anxious as in how specifically? doesn't interact with same-age kids easily?

Anonymous wrote: My profoundly gifted son was a slightly late talker and he still has issues with articulation, although he does and always has had an extensive and advanced vocabulary. He started reading at age 4 1/2 and quickly progressed. Now at barely 6 he reads (content appropriate) novels as well as a variety of nonfiction. He loves encyclopedia type books, especially with a medical, science or space focus.

My older son is very bright but is closer to being more regularly gifted if not on the borderline. The early clues for me with my younger son were advanced spatial awareness skills, he could do hundred piece puzzle's by age 2 1/2. Early recognition of shapes, colors, letters and numbers. Advanced sorting skills. And just an overall ability to grasp concepts that wouldn't be interesting to most children his age. He has struggled socially because of this unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:My "gifted" child (I hate that term, but that's what the school system coined it) was reading by age 3, devouring chapter books by age 5, has an incredible memory, and a huge vocabulary (from reading incessantly, I believe). Also has a ton of anxiety. Not that all gifted kids are anxious, but there's a correlation.

anxious as in how specifically? doesn't interact with same-age kids easily?

I'm not that poster but have a bright and anxious 6 year old (I agree the two are often connected). He's always thinking - we liken it to his mind just spinning. Tons of questions about when things will happen, what time, how long it will take, will the trees fall if there's a big rainstorm, if he doesn't see his teacher on field day what adult can he go to if he needs something, etc. Just a high-strung kid in general.

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Anonymous wrote:My "gifted" child (I hate that term, but that's what the school system coined it) was reading by age 3, devouring chapter books by age 5, has an incredible memory, and a huge vocabulary (from reading incessantly, I believe). Also has a ton of anxiety. Not that all gifted kids are anxious, but there's a correlation.

anxious as in how specifically? doesn't interact with same-age kids easily?

Anonymous wrote:My "gifted" child (I hate that term, but that's what the school system coined it) was reading by age 3, devouring chapter books by age 5, has an incredible memory, and a huge vocabulary (from reading incessantly, I believe). Also has a ton of anxiety. Not that all gifted kids are anxious, but there's a correlation.

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Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of kids who read before K are coached. The indicator will be how quickly the ones who aren't pick things up.

Pp here who has the 2.5 yo who seems to be pretty bright. I didn't explicitly teach her letters and sounds. She has just picked them up. I explicitly taught my older boys these things (and how to read right before kindergarten). But my 2.5 yo just figures this stuff out. Same with everything. Around a year old I said that I was going to tickle her belly and she reached down to her belly to tickle it. So then I started asking her about other body parts and she knew them all (like elbows and knees). She just seems so different from my boys. Maybe because she is the youngest and learns from the older ones. Maybe because she is a girl. I don't know. But I am interested to see how it all shakes out. Fwiw, she was by far my most difficult child and has been since birth. She needs very little sleep and is constantly talking/wanting me to interact with her. My boys were way more relaxed.