The thing most people would notice about DD right away is her physical prowess. I know it's not directly related to giftedness but it's what's she's the most ahead in and what most people notice. She's also VERY, VERY, VERY energetic, doesn't sleep etc. It's pretty noticeable compared to other kids her age.
But there are two things that I notice most of all that probably isn't as obvious to the general public: pretend play and pre-reading skills. Her pretend play is just amazing. At 14 months she can play for an hour + with her doll house, hold long "conversations" on my cell phone, feed us invisible food, pretend to be many different animals, etc. I love it!
We've also noticed some pre-reading skills (I guess that's what you call them?). As in she can recognize numbers and letters (both names and sounds) and I'm pretty sure she has a few sight words because she gets really excited when she sees her name, will clap her hands when she sees "clap hands" written, and can recognize and point to "little tykes" whenever she sees the brand symbol on toys. It just seems like I'm insane thinking about that with DD but I really get the impression she can pick out some of these words. She also has some books "memorized" in that she'll do all the actions to them without me reading them to her.
