Some say that all children are gifted. Is that true?
What does it mean to be gifted?
If not all children are gifted, how do you know if a child is gifted? What are the signs?
Can children with disabilities be gifted as well?
Is giftedness something acquired through study techniques or learned through mental programming?
Or is giftedness something that a child is born with?
What if a child is gifted? What does a parent need to do?
What’s the difference between typical children and gifted children?
Do gifted kids have special needs?
Do you have all these questions in your head as a parent? Are you wondering if your child is gifted?
At first, I was happy and proud that he has been achieving his milestones quite fast. Then, those feelings turned into fear because I didn’t know how to handle his fast development. I also didn’t understand what giftedness really meant and how it would impact his life and our family life.
As my eldest child grew older, I became grateful that I discovered what the word gifted means.
The word gifted gave me a sense of relief somehow. It was a relief to me to know that the reason for my eldest son’s behaviors was not because he’s being disobedient or that I’m failing miserably as a parent. It was simply because he is gifted.
I have learned from the literature that I have read and from my own experiences with my son after reading A LOT of material on the subject that gifted kids behave differently from most children. That’s because their brains were wired differently.
The topics that I will cover are the following:
- Are all children gifted? What does it mean to be gifted?
- What are the signs of giftedness or twice exceptionality, especially in young children?
- What are the advantages of finding out if your child is gifted or not?
- What are the advantages of hands-on parenting to the gifted or twice exceptional child?
- What should you do when you see signs of giftedness in your child?
- What are the advantages of homeschooling gifted or twice exceptional kids?
- How do you homeschool a gifted child?
Aside from learning more about giftedness and twice exceptionality, parents will also have the opportunity to meet other parents of gifted and twice exceptional children and thus find a support group who will understand the same challenges and joys that they experience.
The registration fee is Php 750. The Early Bird Rate of Php 650 is available until February 14, 2017 only. The parents of students from Playworks get a discounted rate of P500. The registration fee already covers the handouts and light snacks. The snacks will be provided by Mommy Bakes PH.
I’m very excited for this! We’re also giving away to the first 20 parents who will register and pay for the GIFTEDNESS 101 talk Gift Certificates worth Php 3,000 each courtesy of KIDS ACTS PHILIPPINES (KAPI). This performing school has been the training ground of the Aliw best Child Performer and The Voice Kids Philippines semi-finalist, Noel Comia Jr.
We will also raffle some prizes from Filway MarketingInc. who is one of our sponsors. Filway provides good quality learning materials for children. I especially like their product called A Child’s First Library of Learning.
This is just one of several items we would raffle off from Mom and Milly Educational Toys.
Click here to register for this talk. We have very limited slots so I suggest that parents secure their tickets fast. Buy your ticket here.
I am blessed to get the support of the following sponsors and media partners: Playworks Early Childhood Center, Kids Acts Philippines, Inc. and Filway Marketing Inc., Mom and Milly Educational Toys, When in Manila.com, Experience of a Super Mommy and The Filipino Homeschooler.
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Congratulations on having gifted children. Even though I still don’t know what it entails, I know that it is positive. Now, I’m wondering what signs you saw that made you think your son is gifted. Anyway, you made a great blog post to keep readers hooked and interested on your talk. If I already have a family of my own, I’d definitely attend.
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Thanks! 🙂 There are many signs actually.
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My child excels since she started schooling. She competes for academics, sports and co-curricular activities and she won a lot of times. Now, this made me think, is she gifted? With a lot achievements she has at her young age can I say she’s gifted?The word gifted really has a vague meaning for me as of now and given the chance I would love to attend the event and understand more about giftedness.
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You can still join us. ? We can accept walk-ins.
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Thanks for those books detail in the last comment. Even I wanted to ask the same question. My niece is a gifted child. She could sing elaborate, complicated songs with such ease at a very early age. Hoping to guide her right!
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That’s nice to know. You might want to check out our website Gifted Homeschoolers Forum. 🙂 http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/
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It’s so good that you’ve been aware so soon. And paying attention to it. I can imagine not every parent is aware or recognize it. I love that you’re helping to raise awareness, Many parents will benefit from that. It’s also great you’re giving parents of gifted children the opportunity to meet each other and talk! I hope it will be a huge success!
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Thanks!
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This is especially helpful for parents who suspect their child’s abilities are special. Having a gifted child can be challenging. It’s a commitment and it’s long term. The more people are informed about gifted children the better.
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Hi Mommy! What’s the book that you have read? I currently have a 5 month son and so far I am writing/taking note of his little milestone. At age 3 months, he started to sleep face down. I think’ it’s too early. Though I don’t know if it’s one of the qualities of a gifted child, I believe that every mom would want to consider their children as gifted.
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I used The Smart Mom’s Guide to Pregnancy and Baby’s First Year and The Smart Mom’s Guide to the Toddler Years published by Smart Parenting. 🙂
I hope you can attend my talk. I will discuss milestones also aside from the other signs.
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My eldest son was 4 years old when he was also diagnosed potentially gifted by his developmental pediatrician, Dr. Dimalanta of SLMC. Unlike you, I mistook the signs as developmental delays as I later on learned that there is a fine line between the symptoms of autism and symptoms of giftedness. We’re blessed but at the same time, feel a bit stressed because we want to be able to provide him the best support but we’re being limited by so many factors.
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Gifted kids develop differently from typical kids. That’s why sometimes gifted kids are misdiagnosed or mislabeled. Even some experts fail to recognize gifted kids and just notice the disabilities in children.
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This is interesting. It’s nice to know that there is a specific way to determine if a child is gifted or not. Good luck on your cause. I am sure you’ll be able to help raise awareness.
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Thanks!
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I find this post very interesting. Although I am not yet a mother, I think you’ve done a great job as a mother. To selflessly want to learn more for the sake of your children is just amazing. I will share this to my mommy friends! I’m sure many of them will be interested!
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Thanks!
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As a first time parent, I would also do some research and read about the certain behaviors of my first born son who is now in his toddler stage. I wanted to understand where his frustrations and tantrums are coming from. What a certain act or habit I’ve been noticing means for his age.
I honestly haven’t thought if my son’s a gifted child but I know for myself that every child is unique and I am just happy with what he is able to achieve at such a young age. Like singing the ABCs (even before he turned 2!), counting numbers from 1-10, recognizing some animals and shapes… It’s quite unusual for a kid under 2 years old to be able to do that as some have said. I just believed it’s because he has unique abilities as a toddler.
Anyway, too bad I already have an appointment on February 25. I would’ve attended this event as I love being able to listen to talks that involve parenting and understanding your child. What a great advocacy you have in your heart Mommy Teresa. Keep it up and God bless! 🙂
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Thanks, Michelle! Those are quite early milestones indeed for a baby or toddler!
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I don’t have children and while reading your post I asked myself a few of your questions as well… what does it mean for a child to be gifted? And then my mind thoughts went further and I asked myself, how do you deal with a gifted child? Do you enforce your own desires of learning on him or do you let him grow up as normal children, enjoying their childhood?
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Being gifted is a broad word that encompasses different abilities and ‘gifts’. The great thing is that we have a better educational system than before, and the newer generations are adapting to the changing perception of the value of awareness in children’s learning and development.
But even with the best of everything, it is still the parents who have to do something to know and to learn how to enhance and nurture. It begins by marking their calendars and getting in touch with you, Teresa.
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Thanks, Robert!
Yes, parents play a crucial role in identifying if their children are gifted or not. That is why kids with hands-on parents have an advantage. They not only identify their children’s giftedness early, they are also able to nurture it as needed.
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When I was young, I had hoped I was gifted, hehe. I thought that being gifted means that a child will surely be the next Einstein. However, I read some articles that some of the *insert milk brand* kids I so envied did not end up how I expected them to be. The same article said that parents need to handle a child’s giftedness, or else.
So kudos to you for having these talks, Tere. Parents of gifted children need to nurture their children’s gifts
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It’s true that parents need to nurture their kids’ gift. It’s not enough to identify gifted kids. They need to be given the right support as well.
Milk formula cannot make a kid gifted. That is a lie from milk brands. It’s also false advertising to make parents believe that a milk formula can help their kids before more intelligent or gifted. Sadly, many buy this lie.
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Such an interesting Expo. How I wish there would be one in Cebu also. This is such a very big help to a parent like me who has 2 kids
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I guess it’s an exciting feeling to know that you have someone gifted in the family. Does it really show during childhood? Were there instances that being gifted showed during early teens? Well, I really don’t know if I was gifted then but surely, I know that I’m a gift to my family. 🙂
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There are signs of giftedness even in infancy and toddler years. Gifted adults also manifest some traits that are not seen in neurotypical adults.
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Although my kid is quite capable of passing with bright colors at many things and events, I have noticed that most of the times he just lacks the interest and doesn’t focus. For instance, a few days back we had this Independence day event where by there was a running race. I noticed that before the race when he was just playing with the other kids, he was running quite fast but when it came to the actual race he was busy looking what other kids were doing… so I feel guiding the kids in the right direction, about their interest also becomes an important aspect of parenting. So far, so good, that I have been seeing a steady progress as per his age.
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I would love to attend your talk. I wonder if you would be accepting walk-ins? I’m not yet sure if I can find someone to take care of my little one on that day so I could not commit to registering this early yet. I wich I could have read this a couple of weeks before so I made the necessary arrangements. I would love to know how I can determine and spot the signs of giftedness. All the best to your talk!
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We can accept walk-ins but we’d prefer if you could register beforehand so we can make sure that everyone gets a handout and we have enough seats and snacks. 🙂
Also, Playworks has a play care service wherein they have a play area for kids and you can opt to let their teachers supervise their playtime or you let your kid play with a nanny. In your case, you can get their play care service with a teacher.
Thanks!
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I’ve also wondered whether my five-year-old son is gifted. However, I haven’t been able to research on the topic yet. This would be a truly informational talk. Hoping I can join!
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Hope you can join us, Janice. 🙂 We still have some slots.
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I guess the feeling of fear also applies to parents like me who are worrying about her child’s schooling and learning pace. I’ve consulted Brainfit PH on how to improve my son’s learning ability and pace, and I’m just scared that he might be lagging behind. I’m reassured though that every child is really different, that I cannot compare, because that’s not how he is made, or wired, like you said.
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That’s true. Every child is different. Each child has her own unique strengths. Parents should not force their children to be what they are not.
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Oh this is such an interesting premise. Discussing about giftedness with children seems to be a very broad topic. I, for one, doesn’t really give much particular attention to the word gifted amd i always believe that every child is gifted in their own unique ways. But reading about this makes me want to learn more about giftedness. Its nice to know that you’re giving a talk about this matter. This will be very helpful 🙂
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I used to think that way, too. Until I came to know about the medical term used by experts. 🙂
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