How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?

How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?

How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?

Just some questions out of interest! Hope you are all have a good week so far!

I finally figured it out when our older one was 3 and reading chapter book. I literally went looking for what was wrong with him and stumbled upon information about gifted kids. It explained so much and we haven't looked back since. We had him tested at 5 years 3 months after a rather unpleasant discussion with one of his teachers. That was a huge eye opener, he was more gt than we expected.

Our younger one did lots of things early, and lots of them earlier than his brother. He was early talker (in 2 languages), did puzzles well and we thought he could be gifted but then there were things he was falling short compare to his brother. When he started reading at the age of 2 we finally admitted that he was gifted too. He is 4 now and hasn't been tested yet. We will have him tested but we will wait till he is at least 5.

How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?: He was about 22 months -- knew his alphabet and a bunch of sight words, numbers to 12 or so. I was getting suspicious.

How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?: He was 3.5. We were pulling up to Target for some shopping, and I said, "Look, KG, we're at Target" -- pronouncing Target as "Tar-jhey," as we do, for fun. He said, "No, Mama, that says 'tar-jheyT!" with a hard T. That was when I knew we were in for it. He was already reading beginning reader books, but somehow that really drilled it home for me!

How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?: We had KG tested at 5y5m, in November, when it became clear that public kindergarten wasn't going to be a good fit. Like LMom, he was more gt than we expected!

HTH!

How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?

I never considered the "g" word until my kid(s) got close to K age and I saw a K curriculum and pretty much panicked. In retrospect, there were some serious clues but I didn't have to worry about preschool and just bought toys I thought they'd like and ignored the ages on the toys and let them play. I do remember thinking that some things were unusual but even so, I mostly forgot stuff as soon as it happened. I've said on this board that one kid had no words until 2 -- that's what I remember and all the EI and stress over slow development and dealing with therapists and worry, worry, and worry. I recently saw a video that has said kid spelling his name and his siblings' name on the video trying to get me to write the letters at 22 months. At one point, he grabs the crayon and tries to write the letters himself. He could barely talk, but apparently he could spell. After all the GT stuff emerged in trying to deal with schools, I considered that when one DS memorized all the leappads that said 3rd grade at 4, I might have found these boards and started thinking about the "g" word, but since I didn't need to *do* anything with that information, it just didn't matter much to me at the time.

How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?
I stopped worrying about the EI situation for one of them when he started reading at just after 2. I guessed another might be atypical when he was reading fluently at 2y9m -- just a single memory on that one, and I don't remember any learning of letters or sounds, but he could read Dr. Seuss perfectly well aloud in that one memory. I never caught on for one of them and only had testing done because my other kids' GT teacher demanded it! I don't think I knew "for sure" for any of them until I had test results.

How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?
Two were tested at just after 6 and the other was tested at 7. The testing was motivated by school issues that needed to be solved and I needed numbers to be able to advocate.

I kind of miss those days of complete ignorance since it was fun to just enjoy them and not worry about how they'd fit in with the rest of the world. Somedays, I wish I could go back to that perspective and not worry about how to get them educated. The days of sleep deprivation and short term memory loss were fun too, but sadly the memory issues persisted after the sleep deprivation stopped!

How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?

People were always making comments about how alert DD was even when she was just a few days old. I thought they were just being nice. When DD was almost 2 mos. old, she said "hi" to a little girl in a store. The little girl said, "Daddy! That baby said 'hi' to me!" DD repeated the performance at home and also started saying "ickle" for "tickle".


How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?


When she was 3, we visited my parents' house for Christmas. One evening, we were sitting around talking after dinner and DD announced, "Now I will do an interpretive dance." Then she proceded to act out a seed sprouting into a plant and blooming into a flower. She also amazed relatives by reciting "The Night Before Christmas." At the same age, she asked me to teach her how to read. She started reading before she turned four.


How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?


DD was tested at age 8. She is verbally HG.

How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?

DS also seemed to be taking everything in as an infant. He learned to kick his foot rhythmically to bounce his own bouncy seat when he was about 3 months old. As soon as he could talk (10 mos.) the questions started: Dis? Zat? Go tah?


How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?


DS was obsessed with letters and numbers from a very young age. As a toddler, he wanted to watch an alphabet video every day. By the time he was two he knew all the letters and their sounds. He started reading before he turned 3. He taught himself a lot about numbers by playing with legos. He had mastered all kindergarten skills except writing by the time he was three.


How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?


DS was tested at age 4 1/2. He is HG+

How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?
It wasn't just one thing.... I had to be convinced to even suspect he was.
1. He started talking in full sentences before he was a year.

2. He gave me his bottle when he was 11 months and said,"No more of this."

3. At around a year, he would point to the sign on store like walmart and target when we pulled in the parking lot and say there name.

I guess the Ah-ha moment came when he pointed to a can of pepsi and said "pepsi" when he was 15 months old, we don't normally drink soda so it was a rare thing for him to see a can of soda.

At 17 months he started pointing to letters and not only saying the name of the letter, but making it's phontic sound.

How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?
We was 2 and a half and we were sitting in a McDonalds. He pointed to a sign ans said, "That says exit"
'Site reading', I thought. 'He uses my computer, its a common word to mover from one window to the next on the kids games..... he didn't really read it.'

"Yep, it says exit. What other words do you know" I asked.

He started pointing around the McDonalds, "That says 'on' that says 'go', that says 'Next'"

"All site words" I though.

Then he pointed to a large sign and said, "That says 'salad'"

I froze and then twitched...... 'Did I just hear that? ok, he's reading."

We went home and he read me Hop on Pop cover to cover.

How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?
When he went to kindergarten he was 5. He is supposetly "off the charts in verbal and hg in math

Age when suspected: birth
DD was born C section and was screaming as soon as the incision was made.
She never shut her eyes and got scratched corneas.
She couldn't "co-sleep" because she would scoot across the bed and hit her dad in the face. Every time. I'd put her down, and off she'd go (several feet), then she'd start batting at his face.

Age when sure:
Not sure. Stronger suspicions when grade skipped. But still hoping for the normal child.

How old was your child when you suspected that might be gifted?
Off and on throughout toddlerood, when he'd do a puzzle way over his age, and his drawings have always been above what I would expect.
Then not really for a while between 5 and 6. Then again when school was declared boring and he complained of not having friends. Now doing much better in pull out gt program.

How old was your child when you knew for sure, and what tipped you off?
Still there are days I am unsure! his test results were not unequivocal.
More testing is being done at school this year, so maybe that will firm things up!

How old was your child when, and if, you had them tested?
7.