1. When did you first expected giftedness in your child?
4yo. Preschool teacher alerted us.
2. What milestones/traits (gross motor skills, fine motor skills, verbal skills, literacy skills, mathematical sills, social) really made you suspect giftedness?
6mths - spoke a few words
9mths - knew the alphabet (from a wall hanging in the playroom)
12mths - full sentences
13mths - started walking
We were cluesless parents. Never heard the gifted word till he was 4yo, from aforementioned teacher.
3. Did your child have any delays? If so what area (gross motor skills, fine motor skills, verbal skills, literacy skills, mathematical sills, social)?
Gross motor skills - weak in general. Didn't like the playground till 6yo. Had massive falls till fairly recently.
Fine motor skills - didn't write till after 5yo. Gradually improving (7y6mths now).
4. Is your child 2E? If they are did they have other signs besides the obvious, more quantifiable ones?
2E. Sensory issues.
5. Has your child been tested?
Yes. At 6yr 2mths.
6. Is your child across the board gifted or quite asynchronous? If so what are his/her strengths and were they obvious from a young age?
Asymchronous. Highly verbal, very logical but very poor handwriting/refused to write.
7. When your child was young (baby/toddler/preschooler), was their development fairly even or did they excel more in certain areas (gross motor skills, fine motor skills, verbal skills, literacy skills, mathematical sills, social)?
Preschool - excelled in verbal, literacy and math skills; weakness - social, fine motor.
