There are some clues to know if a child is giftedOne of them is language, since gifted children begin to speak earlier than the average. This does not mean that all speech-precocious children are gifted, which is the way experts refer to gifted children.
It is common for mothers of gifted children to comment that their child already showed a interest in speech around 3 to 4 months They are very expressive children who already try to communicate by speaking, not just with sounds, and they say their first word around 6 months.
Speech in gifted children
The first thing to make clear is that all children are exceptions. That is, there are a series of evolutionary milestones, but they are not closed, but only indicative. In the case of children with high capacities The same thing happens, there are a series of guidelines that will put you on the track of their abilities, but do not become obsessed with them.
Gifted boys and girls too they show a high capacity in the command of the language. They learn at a fast pace and with hardly any mistakes. One of the characteristics is that they correct their pronunciation themselves. Very soon, it may be around 9 months, they already relate the object to the concept. And also they usually do it with great detail. These children do not usually use the generic of bird, but will distinguish a dove from a seagull or a rooster, and will name them in this way.
Around a year or a year and a half they are able to put together different complete words, and build sentences. Curiously these children they enjoy complexity, what tests your brain and have fun with it. That is why the older the school failure occurs. There is nothing worse for the brain of a gifted child than boredom.
Comparing language in gifted children
Within the standards of normality a child of 18 months have a vocabulary of between 5 and 20 words, whereas the gifted already exceed 100 words. In addition, at this age they already show interest in letters, numbers, figures, colors, and textures that they name and identify even without direct teaching from the parents. They can also form long sentences.
The children of 2 or 3 years has about 300 words in his vocabulary, while the gifted handle words and constructions like a child 4 years of age or older. And by 3 years they already control a language similar to that of an adult. The "why" stage comes earlier in the gifted, their curiosity can test any mother's curiosity. Express your doubts accurately and talk about your feelings or those of others.
It is common for gifted children read, write and are adding and subtracting at 4 yearss. They speak almost with the precision of an adult, and they do it without stopping using sophisticated and precise words. They like to make stories or songs almost spontaneously. And from the age of 6 it can be difficult to talk to them, they will ask really difficult questions for which we will have to resort to looking for the information. It is time for them to look up their solutions in the dictionary, or other materials.
Talking is more than repeating words
There are boys, and girls, who are very early in developing speech, express themselves, maintain attention, remember objects. However, they are not considered highly capable children. What gifted children do with language is that they assimilate and use it precisely.
Children with high abilities not only expose learned thoughts, but also they tend to speak with knowledge of the facts from the beginning. For example, if we ask him why is he a rooster? It will answer us that it has a crest, a beak, the color of its feathers, the sound it makes, what it eats.
La the memory It is another of the qualities that the gifted manifest. Therefore, they are able to immediately remember information and in turn interrelate it with other information already learned. It is not strange that gifted children present their arguments, for example, why wear a mask with questions that you have heard on television, at home, and make a whole health and prevention exhibition about it, which will leave you speechless.