A question for parents of school aged G&T.

[NewLife4Me]

My dd is very gifted in music and wondered if parents of academic G&T dc act the same as mine.
It's hard gaining info as the sites I can find and other parents I know are the academic G&T.

Do they do lots of extra work after school like maths or English / whatever their talent or gift?
Do they do this for fun as their toys/ play? Also, are their toys related to their talent, so for Maths do they have lots of puzzles, maths games etc.
Do they act much older when doing the subject as opposed to other activities or subjects.
I'm trying to work out how far to let dd go with the obsessiveness and what is normal as I don't want her to burn out.
Thank you very much for any info.

irvine

I'm pleased you have found the support you needed. Having a gifted/talented/ able, whatever they are called this week can be a curse rather than a blessing sometimes.
How on earth people would think it was boasting is beyond me.
We have 3 dc, the other two are nothing like dd who has challenged us in many ways more than her siblings did put together.

Thank you NewLife4Me

Because music is all about communicating then I tried with my DC to extend their abilities with other expressive arts - will your DD visit galleries with you? Watch a film and talk about ideas in it? Paint the colours she hears in her favourite song? Set words to music?

noteven

hello, how are you? haven't seen you for a while.

She will compose music to words but its music again.
Painting, a brilliant idea I will certainly try this one, many thanks.
I hadn't thought on these lines for some reason and think you may have hit the nail on the head.
I'd consider crafts but it just wasn't quite the thing.
If I can get her started on this maybe a gallery would be a possibility, she usually refuses if I suggest it.

Hey, I'm good thanks, do a lot of lurking around here!

Now although the word-setting is apparently also a musical thing, because it's language based I believe it uses a different part of the brain! And you know that makes great brain-growing pathways, can only be a good thing.

I bug DS and my pupils endlessly with sideways questions about music - what colour is this phrase? Which book is most like this song? If there was a film on and you heard this tune in the background what would be happening in the film? Can you draw me a cartoon of this piece? I think they NEED to think about music in other ways.

Separately! DS likes the interactive apps that you can get on smartphones at some galleries - we also tend to go in for 30 mins to look at a few things rather than endless hours, that suits him best.