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Hoagies' Blog Hop: Ages & Stages of Giftedness
 Ages
and Stages of Giftedness. Giftedness looks unique across the
lifespan, yet most of what you find on the subject addresses the
K-12 school years. But are we any less gifted as toddlers? As
adults? As parents? As senior citizens? Giftedness affects every
part of our human development. Join us to explore those ages and
stages!
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What Age Does
Giftedness Begin? by
Adventures of Hahn
Academy
- Once you understand what is considered “normal” or “typical” development,
it becomes easier to identify a gifted baby, toddler, or child as they will
be hitting the developmental milestones faster or sooner. In addition, many
gifted children are asynchronous which means...
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 I
See You, Poppy Parent {Recognizing Giftedness in Others} by Catie,
My Little Poppies
- I know you can’t keep a kid like that in books. They read them as if
they need them for survival, as if books were oxygen. Do the librarians know
your name? Do you bring a laundry basket to the library twice a week, too?
I can see the intensity in his eyes. His emotions are almost palpable,
aren’t they? Is he a perfectionist, too? Does he embarrass you in public
with his volume, his energy, the tantrums that he has yet to outgrow? ...
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The Gifted Journey: In Two
Recurring Phases by
Gift-Ed Connections
- I took this opportunity to share a bit about my work with gifted students
as well as my interest in Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration and
how I was using the Virtues Project as a means of introducing students to
the idea of understanding that they have the power to define their character
through consciously cultivating the virtues that they value. After my very
quick description of TPD, Dr. Popov wondered whether the theory could be
reduced to two stages, a question that has had me pondering ever since. The
first stage is...
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An Orange
in the Apple Barrel by
Aurora Remember
- Last month I got married, and shared why I wore orange to my wedding. The
expression “she’s not a smaller apple, she’s an orange,” became my motto for
many years. It helped me to understand why I didn’t fit the traditional
school mold even though I would later be identified as gifted (in hindsight
I was probably what they would call “twice exceptional” with unidentified
auditory processing and attention issues).
I embraced my orangeness in an apple world...
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Why do smart women forego success? by
Gail Post in
Gifted Challenges
- Gifted girls show exceptional promise, typically surpassing boys on most
measures of success. Their language, attention and fine motor skills are
often 1 1/2 years ahead when they enter school, and their social
maturity and relational skills help them thrive in most academic
settings. Confident in their abilities, they excel throughout school,
receiving higher grades on average than boys. They are also more likely to
graduate from high school, college or graduate school.
Despite their relative successes, many bright, talented women no longer
maintain their confident youthful enthusiasm...
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How to Help Smart and Confused Kindergartners: With Comics! by
Wenda Sheard, J.D. Ph.D. Thoughts
on Life and Learning
- I hope you learn as much from discussing these comics with your children
as I learned recently while discussing the comics with my favorite
kindergartner.
 The Squishing
Kindergartners everywhere begin school with high expectations for learning.
Unfortunately, some who burst at the seams with curiosity and knowledge soon
feel that good behavior counts more than good learning in kindergarten....
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 Uncharted
Territory: Early Milestones and Educational Planning by
The Fissure
- The needs of children with all learning differences must be taken
seriously. Just as we must provide an environment in which children with
disabilities can learn, we need better access to information about
preventing typical problems faced by young children with advanced
development. Twice-exceptional children have both advanced development and
an area of disability, and they suffer when either area is overlooked.
From a parenting perspective, whether a child is exhibiting advanced
development or developmental delays, identifying and supporting a child’s
unique strengths is critical for self-esteem and motivation...
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 Sidetracked
by Dabrowski by Lisa Rivero
- “[T]here are people, not few in number, in whom, besides the schematically
described cycle of life, there arises a sort of ‘sidetrack,’ which after
some time may become the ‘main track.’” ~ Kazimierz Dabrowski,
Personality-Shaping Through Positive Disintegration
The "sidetrack" in the above quotation is the path of personal development,
the drive to diverge from the road laid out before us by biology and
society, and the creating of ourselves anew, into the person we know we
should be...
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 Young
Gifted Children--Reflections From Parenting by Colleen on
Raising Lifelong Learners
- There were so many things that stand out to me when I think back on having
my first baby boy – him locking his eyes on mine as he nursed moments after
his birth, holding his head up to see what was going on at just a week or
two old, staying up anytime someone else was awake just so he wouldn’t miss
anything, understanding and following simple directions by 6 months old.
And never, ever sleeping. To. This. Day...
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The Magic
Years by Linda Wallin,
Living with Geniuses
- In what areas do gifted children show their exceptionality? The areas
that I assessed as a teacher were fine and gross motor, receptive and
expressive language, social skills, readiness in math and language, and
self-help. The newest definition of giftedness is asynchronous development,
and it can be exaggerated at this age in gifted children. It is not
unnatural to have a child that can read phonetically spelled words but not
put shoes on....
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 The
Pressure to be Super Smart at all Times by Paula Prober,
Your Rainforest Mind
- You probably feel PRESSURE.
Pressure to: live up to the label, always get the best grades, know
everything before you learn it, be the winner, always do your best, find all
learning to be easy, not disappoint anyone, do the right thing, always be
kind, solve all problems, know all the answers first, attend an elite
university, win a Nobel prize, be clever and funny, make no mistakes (be
perfect), never fail (did I mention, be perfect?), save the world...
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Different Stages of Giftedness In Young Children by
Elgarmummy
- Does your baby stare at everything intensely? Does your toddler complete
jigsaw puzzles meant for older children? Does your preschooler read every
sign and ask ‘why’ all the time? Does your kindergartner multiply in his
head? Check out some of the characteristics of giftedness in young children
at different stages...
| If you'd like to read all our past Blog Hops or join our next Blog Hop, visit
Blog Hops for our past and future topics.
Special thanks to Pamela S. Ryan for our striking Blog Hop graphics!
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Updated
December 01, 2020
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