Children's giftedness: identification, development

Children's giftedness can manifest itself in different activities. So, a child can show giftedness insports, music, fine arts, dances, can show leadership qualities (communicative talent), intellectual abilities, etc. In some cases, child's giftedness manifests itself in several spheres at once.

Exist two basic and at the same time completely opposite points of view on the giftedness of children. According to one view, every childcan be gifted if to create favorable conditions for the development of giftedness. According to the second point of view, giftedness is an innate quality and it is practically impossible to develop it: it either exists or it does not exist.

Identification of giftedness - the task of parents, and then teachers of children'sgarden or school. After all, manifestations of giftedness can fade over time, if the child's ability is not appropriately developed. There are special tests to identify the giftedness of children - such tests are usually used by psychologists. At home, it is possible to reveal the giftedness of a child in a number of ways.

For example, for gifted children is characterized by a high level of curiosity, they actively learn the world around them, negativelyreact to attempts to restrict their research activities. Children's giftedness is also manifested in the ability of the child to concentrate for a long time on a particular case, as, as is known, most children are very insouciant.

Gifted children have a large vocabularyThey are happy to read variousencyclopedia. Gifted children in comparison with their peers can be more developed intellectually, physically or emotionally. Often the giftedness of a child prevents him from making friends with other children of his age, and so he can "drag on" to adults or older children.

Gifted children can manifest themselves at a very early age, and much later, when the child is already at school. At the same time, if the child's giftedness manifested itself early, it is not always preserved in the future: often young geeks are "leveled" and, becoming older, cease to differ from their peers.

Trying to identify and develop the giftedness of children, it should be remembered that the destiny of an "outstanding person" will not be liked by everyone. A gifted child may suffer from attempts to "level" it with the rest or, conversely, from attempts by any means to develop his abilities.

Gifted Children can, as already indicated above, and notto take shape with age in certain achievements in this or that field of activity. Therefore, often parents are concerned about the question: is it worth developing a child's giftedness? Should we focus on one particular ability or should we cover as wide a range of activities as possible?

Very often in the "pursuit" of one ability, parents can overlook other, also worthy of the ability of their child. In this case development can be one-sided, inferior. At the same time, a constant offer to the child of new and new types of activities can make him very tired.

While the child is still small, the decision on whether to develop his giftedness in a particular area falls entirely on the shoulders of his parents. Do not try to forcibly develop in the child this or that ability, it is better to gently guide the child, helping him to choose what he would like to do.