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jaynep28 · 01/01/2022 14:58

Hello

My daughter is 24 months and can talk in complex sentences, draw a face (eyes and nose), jump on the spot confidently and great memory. Is this advanced or normal.

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WhoAre · 03/01/2022 02:52

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jaynep28 · 03/01/2022 08:09

How olds your son? Super proud!

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NotTheGrinchAgain · 03/01/2022 16:06

It's normal for girls to develop communication skills early. It's hard to say if she is miles ahead from what you've told us. I would probably say bright but not necessarily gifted based on your description.

My dd is completely normal (bright but not gifted), and by 2 she was talking in full sentences, had a huge vocabulary, she could recite the Gruffalo from memory and sing a lot of nursery rhymes, recite her numbers, recite the alphabet, sing Christmas Carols in tune etc.

NotTheGrinchAgain · 03/01/2022 16:11

Sorry I posted too quickly... I was going to add, you can take a bright child and add a lot of value and it sounds like you are doing all the right things.

Fine and gross motor control both work in tandem at this age, so make sure you don't overlook learning physical stuff - learn to ride a balance bike, use a trampoline, do forward rolls, climb a climbing frame etc. My local gymnastics club run a toddler drop in session to learn to do stuff like that, it is cheap and loads of fun.

Also things like cooking together are great as you can talk about weight and different liquids and solids, learn to follow steps. And get messy and have lots of fun too.

I got my 2 y.o. a set of child safe plastic knives and scissors, so we can do lots of craft and kitchen stuff together.

It is so much fun having a bright toddler around, enjoy it! Because soon she will just be asking "why why why" and that phase is a bit less fun.

anilluminatednewyearforme · 03/01/2022 16:18

I would say to all parents who think their child is gifted, or advanced, at a young age to concentrate on their social side. Watch them carefully. How do they interact with their peers?

My three year old is advanced. She's just three. She can write, legibly, her name and 'mummy', 'daddy' and her sisters name. She knows her phonics, and can blend 3/4 letter words. She counts, adds simple sums, completes 50 piece jigsaws. Draws people and animals with all features in the right places. Etc etc etc.

I also suspect that she is autistic. She tip toe walks, mixes happily with other children on the surface but is extremely sensitive to noise, doesn't understand others social cues well, has a limited diet, sorts toys, loads of other markers. She won't meet the criteria for an NHS assessment because she, on the surface, mixes well without apparent distress so I will seek a private assessment.

Experience tells me (because my eldest was the same, is working happily on year 3 work in year one but diagnosed autistic and I am also on the pathway) that this is how my children are. Bright, engaged, avid readers, advanced academically.... but they struggle socially and even if a child is neurotypical, at a young age the focus must be on their social side/skills or they will struggle later on.

Encourage them by all means if they enjoy learning. But also encourage play, play play. Take them to soft play, to the park, engage them with peers. If they're advanced, they'll do well at school without struggle but they won't if they can't cope with the environment/people.

WhoAre · 04/01/2022 01:10

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anilluminatednewyearforme · 04/01/2022 09:09

@WhoAre The difficulty with ASD if you have a child with no learning difficulties or delays too is that at 2, and even 3, a lot of the behaviours that are ASD related are also perfectly normal toddler behaviour too! My children both hate dirty hands, but lots of young children do. My five year old still hates them and goes absolutely wild if she can't clean immediately so now yes I think that's part of her ASD but it didn't alarm me as a toddler.

Also perfectly normal for 2/3 year olds to play alongside each other rather than with each other. I'd probably expect a neurotypical child to begin consistently playing with other children actively around mid/late 3s early 4s and reception age.

With preschool age children I would look so see how they cope in a nursery/playgroup environment if you have concerns about neurodiversity. How do they cope with noise, do they sensory seek, how are they with other children, can they cope with routine changes, can they manage 'demands' on them, do they lash out/meltdown?

If they're fine there, likely you're ok - although lots of children especially girls can fly under the radar until much older.

There really is no concrete way of knowing without assessment.

OldTinHat · 04/01/2022 09:15

No idea if this helps but I was totally unaware of GAT when both of my DS were small even though DS1 was walking at 10m and DS2 at 9m. (Which was bizarre.)

They were put in the GAT cohort from starting secondary school and my jaw hit the floor when I was told they were in the top 5%. They are 21 and 22 now. One is in med school and one is in engineering.

AngelsWithSilverWings · 04/01/2022 09:46

My DS was similar at that age. He had his two year old development check up and was assessed as being a the level of an average 5 year old.

He has never been highlighted as G&T but was always top of the class at primary and won maths competitions ( was the first child in the history of his school to get a gold award in the primary maths challenge) He was an early reader ( could already read in reception year ). Got maximum scores in his Y6 SATs.

He passed his 11 plus with a good but not amazing score. He is doing his GCSEs this year and is set to get mainly 7s and 8s with one or two 9's if he pulls his finger out.

He really is just a fairly bright boy - plenty of much brighter kids in his friendship group.

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