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Is there any benefit in testing a child to be gifted at a young age? My daughter is about to turn two next month and people have told me I should but I'm not sure. I know I benefited from being in an advanced track at school but I'm not sure if any earlier should help. I don't have much money (single mom!) so I'm not sure what I could do to help if she was gifted, or indeed if it does help at this point or if I keep doing what I'm doing. I have very little use for a "vanity" result.

Parents
My ex husband is in the genius range (162) where as I'm considered gifted but a bit below genius (147).

Physical
+Crawling at 5 months
+Walking at 8 months
This has always been where she is most ahead. She loves being active more than anything else and always has. She is tall for her age too, so I don't know if the early stuff here relates to that.

Verbal
+Can say the alphabet, recognize all her letters, and recognize a few words. Not really reading like a book, but her big magnet letters. She started recognizing the words on her own without any conscious effort on my part (of course, I do read to her)
+She can count to 10 (actually 14) consistently, and can count to 20 sometimes, but sometimes blurs the teen numbers when doing it. Up to 10 I see her picking up items and counting, so over that may very well just be reciting.
+Related to the former, if I pick up a number of items and ask her how many, she'll tell me, or if I ask her to give me say, four crayons, she'll count out and give me four.
+Has a lot of songs memorized and will make up new words sometimes to the beat related to what we are doing. Sings a lot!
+Picks up new things very, very quickly. Often one time...
+Knows her directions (right from left)
+Knows her shapes. Good at puzzles.
+Has a good sense of humor. She makes jokes a lot (usually inconsistencies, sometime physical) laughs, and says "Funny!"
+Follows complex instructions. As in 5 tasks at once, then follows them in order.


HOWEVER...
+However, while she knows all the names for colors, she gets confused a lot in saying what color things are. Red and green especially. Better at recognizing Purple, pink, etc. I know her cousin who is one month younger and behind in some of these other areas can name all primary colors even some nuance colors
+Also, while she has a good vocabulary for those who can be around her for a bit (consistent on names of things) she is hard to understand for new people. If it matters here, I was in speech therapy, as were all my siblings, until I was 12.
+She has not been potty trained yet. We haven't pushed it either but we have made the potty available to her and she says the words, pee, poop, toilet, and will go pretend and then wash her hands, she still relies on her diaper.


I guess I don't even know if she's gifted, as every kid has their exceptional area. But I am hearing a lot from friends parents that she might be. WHich may just be because she is not shy at all and shows off - rather than being quiet about what they can do like some 2 year olds. She just loves people. So might she? And if so, is there any benefit in pursuing that now, or is it just something to keep in mind in 3 years or so when she starts school if signs still seem to be there?