Gifted and 2e Children and Adults

How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? My gifted son is almost 7 1/2-years-old. In all honesty, I knew there was something about him early on but my husband and I were so consumed with his reflux, colic, and failure to thrive that our thoughts were elsewhere. Was there a certain lightbulb moment or event? The lightbulb moment for us was the day that my son came downstairs after nap and read an entire book to us. He was four. The book was a new one, one that we had yet to read to him. The first time he read to me, he read an ENTIRE book. I was dumbfounded, in awe, paralyzed by what it meant. You can read more about that here. Looking back, did you miss … [Read more...] about Profoundly Gifted is a Whole New Ballgame – Cait’s Story

How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? My kids are 9, 8, and 8. (The 8 year olds are twins.) We realized my eldest was gifted probably before he was one year old. His first word was “owl” as he pointed to a picture while I was reading him a book. With the twins, their giftedness started to show a bit later. My boy twin shocked the babysitter by drawing a circle with a line at the top and saying, “Look, I drew a unicycle!” when he was around 18 months old. My daughter talked a bit later, around 18 months, but she began talking in full sentences. The first thing we remember her saying is looking at my husband on a ladder and saying, “What is daddy doing … [Read more...] about Missing the Gifted Overexcitabilities – Doresa’s Story

How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? Was there a certain lightbulb moment or event? I have two children, my son, C who is 8, and my daughter, J who is 4. For my son, our lightbulb moment was when he started writing at 2 years old. Even though he was able to read small words we didn't think that was "too different" from normal development. But writing? That hit the "hmm, this isn't normal" alarm bells. My daughter was and is different again - she loves letters and numbers but is not super-advanced compared to age-peers. But she is a whiz at abstract problem solving - if it's a visual puzzle, she'll nail it, otherwise she seems pretty "normal". Looking … [Read more...] about Writing at Age 2 Wasn’t in the Baby Books – Kathleen’s Story

How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? My gifted child is almost nine years old. I began the process of realizing she was gifted when another gifted blogger invited me to join the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum's Blogger Group. I think Caroline was seven at the time. Was there a certain lightbulb moment or event? The lightbulb moment was when I understood twice-exceptionality (2e). We knew Caroline was very bright. But because of her struggle with handwriting and her resistance to any kind of instruction/formal learning structure, it never occurred to me that she was gifted. My gifted overexcitability is intellectual. Because of that, I thrived in a … [Read more...] about The Key Was Understanding Twice-Exceptional (2e) – Sallie’s Story