Is Your Child Gifted?

A few weeks ago I attended a staff day training that was centered around gifted children's characteristics and needs. I thought it was really interesting and am including the "Basic Guide" they gave us teachers. So now you can confirm your belief that your child truly is a genius!

Verbal Learner

Uses advanced vocabulary
Plays with words
Invents stories, rhymes, songs
Creates elaborate fantasy worlds
Reads well
Uses language for real exchange of ideas and information
Uses metaphors or analogies
Learns new words quickly
Displays good memory for verses, songs, and stories.

Quantitative Learner

Understands advanced mathematical concepts
Uses logic to solve problems
Uses advanced mathematical computations
Engages in estimating, predicting, classifying, organizing, hypothesizing
Remembers mathematical processes and symbols easily

Spatial Learner
Makes interesting shapes, designs, and patterns with blocks, clay, or drawing materials
Displays skill in putting together new or difficult puzzles
Reacts with unusual attentiveness to changes in the environment
Takes apart and reassembles things with apparent skill
Puts things together in new ways
Likes consistent things (numbers, clocks, calendars)
Appears smarter as he/she gets older