math lessons
- your first grader teaches herself how to multiply numbers.
- —Guest anon14
Just read the book, please...
- Concentrating deeply and gently massaging the cover of a closed book, my 7 year old asks ' Mom, do you think there are more atoms on the cover of this book or more people in the world'?
- —Guest Uh-oh Mom
You know you're the parent of a gifted k
- At age two my child is reading over 20 words with no pictures, I was writing out some new words for him and I began to write.( Pink. Purple.) and he says "Pumpkin" I look at him in question, and ask why"Pumpkin? and his reply was "pumpkin" starts with "P". I knew then that he was Gifted because I hadn't even taught him the alphabet yet.
- —Guest Adele Bananish
Perspective is everything
- Your 6-year-old explains her lego models are fighter ships from warring planets. When you point to one and asked if they were the "good guys" or the "bad guys," she promptly responds that from their "perspective" they were good and the other side was bad. She then holds up the other ship and says, "And vice-versa!"
- —Guest Cheryl
friend's grammar
- your 6 yr old tells you after kindergarten one day, "Mommy, Kayla said 'CAINT' today, and I told her..'caint' is in the country..'can't' is in the CITY, now WHERE ARE WE?' she said the city, so I told her to use 'can't'."
- —Guest A Rankin
kindergarten
- your daughter comes home from her 2nd day in kindergarten and says, "Mommy, did you know those kids in my class can't READ??!"
- —Guest stellasmom
mathswhiz
- At 10 years old, her favourite book is about calculus, and she knows more maths than you!
- —Guest anonymous
They memorize...
- the number on the library card that someone put down next to you...in under thirty seconds. On top of that, your own library card
- —Guest Grace
Space
- When at 2 your daughter askes why are the moon and sun out in the sky at the same time? Followed by mommy it's okay if you don't know the answer, we'll just look it up online.
- —Guest Eva
YOu know your a parent of a gifted child
- When your 10 month old pulls herself up in her crib and says "I not discust it with you daddy" when daddy is trying to get her to bed. FREAKY
- —Guest Julie
language, understanding and memory
- before 18 months, your child's vocabulary includes 120 words which he can use and understand. By 2.5 his sentences are 7+ words including adjectives and verb tense being used correctly. your child can correctly identify (and pronounce) emergency vehicles, construction vehicles, tools (spirit level, excavator, etc) after only seeing it and having it named once to him; your child had a friend move away and several months later having not talked about her at all, states when talking about his old friend the town to which she moved.
- —Guest katie
you get never ending excuses
- when your son tries to avoid sleeping. My son never liked to sleep, even as a baby. After he was able to talk, he would always cook up excuses to avoid sleeping. At age 2, his said, "I cannot go to sleep now because I need to go to my office and do my affidavit!"
- —Guest EK
telling the names of car before 2
- your son could tell the difference between a Mercedes and a BMW, a Toyota & a Volkswagen, a Kancil, MyVi & Kelisa (Malaysian made car) and many more....even when the mommy couldn't!
- —Guest Eunice
When he knows it
- when your 3 year old tells you one day his name is now Christopher Smartypants Genius and then at age 6 gets tested and is "proven" to be gifted and the adults now know something he knew 3 years ago.
- —Guest Guest
Knows Your Neighbor's Cars...
- ...by their license plate numbers. When I asked a neighbor if a car similar in color and make to his was actually his, my 8-year old says, later as we're driving away, "Of course that's not his car, Mommy, his license plate number is 99L400." After I dropped her off at school, I had to call him on his cell to find out if she was right. She was.
- —Guest Laureen
