How to tell if a child is gifted?

[2ppaamm]

And some say that musically trained kids have high IQs… heh heh heh… so, draw? music? numbers? lego? read? Why guess?

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

And some say that musically trained kids have high IQs... heh heh heh... so, draw? music? numbers? lego? read? Why guess?

Yah lor. But anyway, for our no.4, this is only our observations. We won't even know if he has high IQ until much later - what does it matter anyway.

[deardear07]

That teacher saw his most recent drawing-complete with land,water,sun,birds,elephant,coconut tree n flowers. And he wrote his own name freehand on it. That handwriting was similar to my daughter’s at k1 level. For his age,itz not norm.he can draw other objects like train,car,aeroplane n recently his skeleton of helicopter. Sometimes when hez got e mood,he’d draw nicer.other times,it’d b examples of animals with multiple legs. Lol


His teacher provides monthly reports on him during lessons n fed back tat he grasps concepts like in between numbers or objects easily.

He remembered e entire phonic story book that i read to him twice. Recognizes some simpler sight words only as i barely read to him. My fault. He knows entire alphabet phonic sounds n can sound out beginning sounds.used some ending sounds to help him guess words to match to objects. He just started LCentral 1term ago n teacher proceeded to teach him ‘ch’ and ‘aw’ n reccomended him to next level next term.

Chinese word recognition is ok with previously taught words in childcare. Words that he knows,he’d b reading n searching for them in my inlaw’s chinese newspaper when he eats his dinner.

He saw sister’s workbook n wanted to do her book of connecting dots till 19. I just let him do till tat number-havent tested him any further.he can write out all numbers freehand 0-19 as tested once after teaching once.handwriting is again similar as stated earlier except for 8-strokes wrong but shape is evident. He did 0-15 all at 1 go without wanting to stop. That means 15 A4 sized pages! He showed similar concentration at 2yrs old when he sat me down to do picture search in a picture book for 45mins straight-i was so tired of doing it but he didn’t wana stop.

His speech was a clear full sentence at 2 yrs old-‘Mummy,I want to sit on ur lap.’ followed by other sentences n questions on why n how to do these…etc

His teacher feedback that he prefers to speak to elder children who can talk rather than his classmates who r too quiet or cun speak tat well. Unless hez into a fren-who can only speak chinese-he’d change channel to chinese just to speak to him.

[deardear07]

Hez got this wicked sense of humour when adults play or talk to him. V cheeky n will respond purposely in ways that he know will irritate or make them laugh.


Is he just advanced or really gifted? I have been suspecting but brushed it off by just providing info at his level instead of labelling him.

[2ppaamm]

Thanks for sharing deardear07! I think you are on the right thread. Have you finished reading all 69 pages? I’m sure you will share some interesting insights from the many parents here with very bright children. Have fun!

[deardear07]

karmeleon:

deardear07:

my child's teacher once told me that children who can draw quite well tend to have higher IQs. how true is that? as in...can see that they have advanced development in terms of drawing and not simply doodling lines.


I know itz norm for children aged 3 to be able to recognize the alphabet and count (not rote count, but meaningfully) but i know itz not norm for them to write clear letters and numbers. im referring to all these for children who have not received formal 'training' but more of through observation of teachers and minimal teaching.

any comments on these?

Drawing? Really? No wonder none of our older kids are gifted. None of them, esp the boys, like drawing and certainly not colouring. They think those are the most \"wu liao\" activities to do. They'd rather be running around and playing and fighting or fixing lego stuff - generally ends up being vehicles or some sort of warcraft.

Along the same lines, our 3yo also doesn't like drawing or colouring.

DS loves drawing ever since he can hold a pencil-example a face with features ard 18mths. Hez into cutting since 2+ and can cut almost straight lines. Now hez only doing it on a On and off basis.

[phankao]

deardear07:

His speech was a clear full sentence at 2 yrs old-'Mummy,I want to sit on ur lap.' followed by other sentences n questions on why n how to do these...etc

His teacher feedback that he prefers to speak to elder children who can talk rather than his classmates who r too quiet or cun speak tat well. Unless hez into a fren-who can only speak chinese-he'd change channel to chinese just to speak to him.

My 3yo does that too, in both chinese and english. He interacts well with older kids. That's why I prefer a mixed-age preschool for him.

[deardear07]

phankao:

deardear07:

His speech was a clear full sentence at 2 yrs old-'Mummy,I want to sit on ur lap.' followed by other sentences n questions on why n how to do these...etc

His teacher feedback that he prefers to speak to elder children who can talk rather than his classmates who r too quiet or cun speak tat well. Unless hez into a fren-who can only speak chinese-he'd change channel to chinese just to speak to him.

My 3yo does that too, in both chinese and english. He interacts well with older kids. That's why I prefer a mixed-age preschool for him.

If u ask me,i dun find his speech amazing. Mayb coz his peers imparted alot of singlish to him!

But if compared to norms,he above average than alot of kids i knw n his childcare peers.

Itz his other skills that r less normal...tatz where i wana know how else i can help him.

[phankao]

deardear07:

phankao:

[quote=\"deardear07\"]
His speech was a clear full sentence at 2 yrs old-'Mummy,I want to sit on ur lap.' followed by other sentences n questions on why n how to do these...etc

His teacher feedback that he prefers to speak to elder children who can talk rather than his classmates who r too quiet or cun speak tat well. Unless hez into a fren-who can only speak chinese-he'd change channel to chinese just to speak to him.

My 3yo does that too, in both chinese and english. He interacts well with older kids. That's why I prefer a mixed-age preschool for him.

If u ask me,i dun find his speech amazing. Mayb coz his peers imparted alot of singlish to him!

But if compared to norms,he above average than alot of kids i knw n his childcare peers.

Itz his other skills that r less normal...tatz where i wana know how else i can help him.[/quote]It is rather amazing what he can draw. Perhaps Pam can help you there. ;D

[deardear07]

What ages did ur kids wear their own clothes/ correctly n button up?