Raising Gifted Children

We have been reciting the same words every day, for months. There are days when he can spell each and every word without batting an eye, but he never spelled his name correctly.

Out of the clear, we were sitting at the table, pointing out letters on a place mat. He just started to rattle off the letters in his name, as if he’d always been spelling his name and spelling were a natural evolution. I just stood there with my mouth open, because I never knew he actually paid so much attention to the little things that I have been trying to teach him.

The fact that he is spelling his name is monumental for a couple of reasons:

1. He is able to spell his name, which shows his ability to retain information,
2. and it helps me understand how he learns, what may work for him.

I’ll introduce him to new words, see how receptive he is.