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Home › Articles › Back to Preschool Headquarters › Levels of Giftedness

Levels of Giftedness

How Smart Is My Child?

By Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D.

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  • Most speak with adult-level complexity by age 2.
  • At 2 and 3 years old they ask about how things work and science – particularly biological and life and death – questions emerge.
  • They understand math concepts and basic math functions before age 4.
  • They can play card and board games for ages 12 and up by age 3 1/2 to 4.
  • They have high interest in pure facts, almanacs and dictionaries by age 3 1/2.
  • Most read any level of book by 4 1/2 to 5 years.
  • They read six or more years beyond grade level with comprehension by 6 years and usually hit 12th grade level by age 7 or 8.
  • We know they occur more often than once in a million, and regular grade school does not work for them. Levels Three through Five score similarly on ability tests – very high.

    • Once you have a sense of your children's abilities, you can provide them with more activities and experiences that build on these strengths and take advantage of their talents. Parents who have more than one child may notice that each child seems to have different interests and talents even when we encourage them equally. This is because we don't cause our children's abilities; we can only recognize and nurture them.

    To do less is truly depriving them of chances to do what they are good at and what they enjoy. To do less for our children probably chips away at their potential, too, for how can we get good at the things we don't get to practice? There are more potential geniuses – children who are remarkably intellectually different from their same-age classmates – than most people believe, and your child may well be one of them.


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