Hi Everyone! I am excited that I found this organization with a forum. I might not feel so alone now. As I've already read some parents post, this is not something you go around telling other parents about because from my experience they do start feeling inadequate. My son goes around spelling and signing all day so I can't exactly hide it. I do not know if my son is gifted for sure because he has not been tested. He certainly stands out and seems rather obsessed with numbers and letters.
He is 2 1/2 years old: says his ABC's, counts to 100, knows all of the phonics sounds and says several words for each letter, knows sign language ABC's and numbers, says his numbers in spanish to 59 and his ABC's in Spanish. He is reading kindergarten level books. I hope this doesn't sound like bragging but he seems so alone and bored. He obsessively goes over his numbers and letters all day. He has now resorted to also saying the ABC's and numbers backwards, goes over the phonics sounds backwords and says a word for reach letter backwards. I don't know if this makes any sense but he doing things in reverse now too probably out of boredom. He does all this while doing sign language, which he taught himself. He'll spend hours at the computer typing and this is all he is interested in. I've just never seen anything like this.
I live in Michigna and there is no funding for gifted programs and I don't even know where to start with him. Is it possible to IQ test a toddler, and if so, where would I even start?
Any info is so much appreciated because he already is having problems socially and seems so bored with his peers at daycare.
Sincerely,
Asha
