Just wondering how you knew your DC were G&T, if you can tell when they’re really young and if it even matters at such an early age if they are or not.
DD was 2 last month.
She’s just changed nurseries and both nurseries have commented that she’s very bright (I appreciate that’s different to gifted). They’ve both remarked that her speech is very good. She does understand everything I say and is speaking in short (say 6-8 word) sentences.
She counts to 20 easily, can recognise numbers 1-12 (sometimes does 13-20 but with mistakes). She’ll count things up to 10. Can do more with items she physically moves (like buttons) but if it’s pictures on a page then she gets a bit confused which ones she’s counted and double count/misses some. Nursery says she gets the puzzles they give her very quickly and will do ones that 3 year olds can’t typically do. She likes jigsaw puzzles and will do ones up to 36 pieces, but she knows what the ones we have look like so she’s not working them out from scratch - I think she’s remembering how to do them. I just bought her a new 20 piece one and she needed some help to do it the first time, then did it on her own.
She’s not very interested in making marks and her gross motor skills are a bit above average but nothing exceptional.
She will imagine objects like boxes are something else but I’m not sure how much of that is her imagination and how much is her copying her older sister - she definitely copies sometimes.
I tend to think childhood is too short and I have no inclination to push her particularly if I don’t need to. She’s a relaxed and happy child. However as both her nurseries have said something to me I’m wondering if there’s anything I should be doing or avoiding?
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