Practicing these skills may look like: guided meditations, asking
curious questions about your experience, providing perspective on your issue, experiential exercises, creating actions plans, and other interventions.
I get lots of
questions about home schooling — most friendly — from fellow home school moms, skeptics, and the idly
curious, so I thought I'd dedicate a few posts to answering as many of them as I can from our family's perspective and
experience.
The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex
questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is
curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective
about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings •
Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings •
Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event