How to tell if a child is gifted?

[prata_queen]

sleepy, either we choose to let her be a small fish in a big pond or big fish in a small pond.


lauren, even so, at least she’s ahead by 1 year and is being challenged. i think its better than going to P1 and being bored in class.

mrswong, i have pm you.

[tamarind]

More ideas of what to do when your child is bored :


1. Get him an origami book and ask him to figure out how to fold all those complicated objects without asking you

2. Give him a map and compass, and ask him to bring you somewhere you have never been to

3. Bake cupcakes and cookies, or make jellies

4. Get him air dry clay and ask him to make roses out of it

5. When he tells you that he is bored, just stare at him blankly. He will have to figure out what to do next This is a very important life skill !

[sleepy]

deminc:

[quote] We were given a one page report with raw data, I also don't know how to interpret. If tested externally, I suppose there should be detailed write up and recommendations

alamak, why is moe so cheapskate? Since they already did the testing why didn't they just include the intepretation which I'm sure the psychologist provided for the authorities.[/quote]Yah loh yah loh. When I asked them where are the interpretation, they told me to google & read online :faint:

But since I didn't pay a single cent, how to 'hiam'

[cnimed]

sleepy:

Yah loh yah loh. When I asked them where are the interpretation, they told me to google & read online :faint:

But since I didn' pay a single cent, how to 'hiam'

Gosh, they even have the cheek to tell you to google it yourself?? But you did pay! With your taxes! You should have thundered - It's MY tax money that's paying for YOUR salary!

Plus it's the school that wanted to do it, it's not as if you demanded for it. Once they did it, it's only right that they give you the proper information.

We pay our taxes and still get such cheap skate treatment from govt, sheesh.

[cnimed]

tamarind:

deminc,

Thanks for sharing ! Very interesting. My boy actually fits into many of the descriptions of the creative thinker, especially these :

Daydreams; may seem off task
Initiates more projects that will ever be completed
Questions the need for mastery :lol:

do we have the same boy? kekeke

[sleepy]

tamarind:

Here is a very good Chinese proverb for all gifted kids as well as their parents :

人外有人、天外有天、真人不露相、露相非真人

Wow, your Chinese is very good! I can only think of 一山还有一山高

I shared with you before about the first time I attended my dd's ashr ceremony (many years ago), there were hundreds of children ahead of their school year! The record holder goes to a K2 girl who is 9 years ahead of her school year :!: It was a jaw dropping reality check and I have concluded every since mine are definitely no where near that league

I do not harbour any expectation they must be top this top that. I never top this top that anyway. I always preach 'no matter how clever you are, you need to put in sufficient effort, even Beethoven practiced piano for hours everyday, there's simply no short cut in life.' So that goes for whatever they endeavor, be it academic or non academics. 'Show me your positive attitude!' Although they heard me loud and clear, they do not necessary always practice what I preach every time :lol:

[2ppaamm]

deminc:

sleepy:

Yah loh yah loh. When I asked them where are the interpretation, they told me to google & read online :faint:

But since I didn' pay a single cent, how to 'hiam'

Gosh, they even have the cheek to tell you to google it yourself?? But you did pay! With your taxes! You should have thundered - It's MY tax money that's paying for YOUR salary!

Plus it's the school that wanted to do it, it's not as if you demanded for it. Once they did it, it's only right that they give you the proper information.

We pay our taxes and still get such cheap skate treatment from govt, sheesh.

But hor, my MOE report was very, very detailed. In fact, the most comprehensive one I ever gotten. I also didn't pay for it. but I waited 9 months for this report... by which time, things have changed :? and my son has changed, too.

[2ppaamm]

deminc:

tamarind:

deminc,

Thanks for sharing ! Very interesting. My boy actually fits into many of the descriptions of the creative thinker, especially these :

Daydreams; may seem off task
Initiates more projects that will ever be completed
Questions the need for mastery :lol:

do we have the same boy? kekeke

Wa! I like your table. I know all my kids don't fall into the high achiever column, no one is interested in getting As - including me... they straddle between the last two columns.

[2ppaamm]

tamarind:

5. When he tells you that he is bored, just stare at him blankly. He will have to figure out what to do next This is a very important life skill !

Ha Ha!!! How true! Kids need to learn to be bored. I second that! No excuses. They cannot expect to be entertained all the time. There are books around all the time - go read the 100th time, go stare at the clouds or the sunset, go count the number of pairs of shoes in the closet, go pack your room!!! The last one is extremely important!

[vlim]

2ppaamm:

tamarind:

5. When he tells you that he is bored, just stare at him blankly. He will have to figure out what to do next This is a very important life skill !

Ha Ha!!! How true! Kids need to learn to be bored. I second that! No excuses. They cannot expect to be entertained all the time. There are books around all the time - go read the 100th time, go stare at the clouds or the sunset, go count the number of pairs of shoes in the closet, go pack your room!!! The last one is extremely important!

ya ya precisely..whenever my dd feel bored as her cousins not playing with her or she couldn't play or do the things that she want..she will tell me \" mummy I got nothing to do. :x ..' and I will reply her:' I also got nothing to do :siam: