thanks for starting this thread
I'm reading with fascination and finding that I mentally reject some of the ideas that work so well for other kids. It's made me take a longer look at my DD 28 mos. to find out what exactly engages her.
DD needs animate objects. If it doesn't have a respiratory system, she's not terrifically interested in it. Thank goodness for all the bugs in the garden, or I'd get nothing done. She will watch some videos and movies, but they have to have a strong social dynamic component or she's up and off to tinker with the dog in some new way. Not surprizingly, her number one favorite play thing is a human.
The good news is she loves to help me do whatever I'm doing. But if I need to get something done without toddler assistance - like the taxes - I've got to think fast.
So this thread got me thinking that there are introverts and extroverts and many of us fall somewhere in between. Don't some GT assessments use the Myers-Briggs personality type test? Introverts need to spend time alone to recharge their batteries and are more likely to learn something very deeply and thoroughly, while extroverts get energized interacting with others and tend to learn a little bit about a huge range of subjects. (I'm nearly dead center on the test.) I tend to think most GT kids are introverts (ISTJ's maybe?) and that my DD is an extrovert.
