3 Signs Your Preschooler Is Gifted

Thanks to standardized tests, it’s somewhat easy to tell whether a grade-schooler has above-average aptitude. But curious parents of preschoolers may have a more difficult time determining whether their children are “gifted,” having fewer benchmarks against which to measure them. “Although I suspect my daughter is gifted, I am still waiting [until] she can be tested to call it officially,” says Maggie J.

Nisreen V. also says her 3-year-old son shows signs of being a gifted child — he has an adult vocabulary and asks lots of questions — but she can’t really compare him to other children his age because he’s not yet in school. Once she does start sending him to school, she wonders, will the school help her figure it out?

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