Characteristics of
Gifted Children
If you are specialised in the subject of gifted children, then
a child who is gifted should be quite easy to spot, but it is
not usually an expert who notices a gifted or creative child it
is usually a member of a child’s family or a close friend who
passes comment about the child being bright during their early
years development. There are many characteristics to
these children which can be key to determining whether or not
you have a gifted child. Comparisons with a child of the
same age can also be useful, as by doing this it often enables
a gifted child to be detected, as a gifted child usually stands
out in a crowd of children of the same age.
There are many types of gifted children, some
of the characteristics to look out for are for instance if
the child shows a particular interest and science and/or
literature, if a child can provide answers to a question
very quickly and is extremely alert, is emotionally very
secure, is always wanting to learn and do new things, has
new ideas and is resourceful – often being able to solve a
problem with creative ideas, is often puzzled by what has
been said and reads into something perhaps more so than
needs to be at times. Has a superior memory and is
able to use information which has been learned in a
resourceful way, has a lot of commonsense, uses an
extensive number of words in the correct context, often
picking up on words that wouldn’t be used in everyday
language, is friendly, independent and outgoing.
Every child is different and every gifted child is
different, a wide range of knowledge and what is know about
gifted and creative children can be found on the
internet. No two gifted children are the same, and where
one can thrive in a particular subject another can find this
quite tiresome.
A child who is gifted often has good leadership traits, they
are often looked to by others in school for an answer to be
provided. If you think that you have a child who is
gifted and they match some of the criteria above then it is
worth having this checked out, if your child does fall within
the gifted bracket then school can make provisions for this to
ensure that a child uses their full academic ability.
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