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Is my Child Gifted? 

Common Characteristics of Gifted Learners 

  • Rapid learner; puts thoughts together quickly

  • Unusual alertness, even in infancy

  • Excellent memory

  • Unusually large vocabulary and complex sentence structure for age

  • Advanced comprehension of word nuances, metaphors and abstract ideas

  • Enjoys solving problems, especially with numbers and puzzles

  • Often self-taught reading and writing skills as preschooler

  • Deep, intense feelings and reactions

  • Highly sensitive

  • Thinking is abstract, complex, logical, and insightful

  • Idealism and sense of justice at early age

  • Concern with social and political issues and injustices

  • Longer attention span and intense concentration

  • Preoccupied with own thoughts—daydreamer

  • Learn basic skills quickly and with little practice

  • Asks probing questions

  • Wide range of interests (or extreme focus in one area)

  • Highly developed curiosity

  • Interest in experimenting and doing things differently

  • Puts idea or things together that are not typical

  • Keen and/or unusual sense of humor

  • Desire to organize people/things through games or complex schemas

  • Vivid imaginations (and imaginary playmates when in preschool)

     (Retrieved from NAGC, 2018)

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