Is my two year old niece gifted?

Question

My little niece seems to be so special and I'm wondering what type of motivation or stimulants she needs to continue to be special.

There are many things that stand out about her.

1. You can conversate with her (she's only 2)

2. She sings songs/hums out of the blue (kinda freaky but cute)

3. She loves to look at books all day even though i don't think she can read

4. She can draw a picture of me!! (she's very quiet when she draws)

Another thing that freaked out everyone was one day my brothers were just playing card games and no one was really watching her and then she tapped her daddy to look at what she made and she pointed at glass cups stacked up really high and said, "look daddy, castle" Everyone was like "wtf' how did she do that all by her self?

What types of activities should they put her creative mind to?

Answer 1

You should get those foamy life size puzzle pieces to see if she can figure out how to put the pieces back together.

You can also try baby blocks to see if she can spell words.

Answer 2

My daughter is 21 months old and can do all that stuff too.  She can read a few words and knows the alphabet and can count to 10.  She knows about 10 colors, 6 shapes, a managerie of animals and things and the sounds they make and speaks in 3 to 4 word sentences.  Today she saw me getting ready to take a shower and said, "Mommy's black underwear off!".  She can draw hearts and a few letters and draws people too.  People have a similar reaction to her and think she's really smart.  To me it's normal.  I'm also a SAHM and do get the extra one on one with her.  Usually by kindergarten though, they're all the same in learning usually.

Answer 3

Why do people underestimate young children? they have the knowledge to learn anything.

Every kid is gifted in some way or another.

What you explained is really no different than my kid or others I know.Sorry.

Answer 4

Well of course you'll say she is a special little girl,but gifted I doubt that. Lots of kids that age can do that. My little niece who just turned two in June can do many things at 2 that my own children didnt start doing until about 3.5- 4 yrs old. Every child is different. Now if your niece was say writing complete proper sentences, addind math problems that were more difficult than 1+1 (LOL) and say more advance things like that I'd say she was gifted..Otherwise she sounds pretty average to me.  

Answer 5

she seems very smart. but most two year old babies can already do that stuff. wen shes doing the alphabet backwards; ill be impressed.

Answer 6

Sorry, but no she is not. Now, if she was actually READING the words of the books and drew at the level of a 15 year old, then yes, she would be.

All kids like to look at different objects from time to time. Looking and understanding are two different things. All kids like to draw. They especially love to draw what they see in their everyday experience (trees, people, the sun).

Most kids can have conversations with others at two. It is quite normal since their brains are growing and helping them to learn language rapidly. Most kids learn many new words a day at that age.

All kids sins and hum songs out of the blue. They know how to memorize and sing songs, especially songs that they here all of the time like nursery rhymes.

All kids love to stack and build things. It helps them to build up their coordination skills.

Just continue to teach her what she needs to learn, but don't get too excited over the little things that most kids should know at certain points of their lives. As one poster already said, don't underestimate her. Kids know more than most people think! *wink*

Answer 7

Sounds like a very cute, intelligent girl, but I don't know if I'd go as far as gifted.  My daughter isn't quite 2 1/2 and does these things also.  I  say you should just revel in the adorable things she does rather than worry if she's gifted.

Answer 8

kinda no and kinda yes... my cousin which used 2 be 2 years old but is now 3 years old he knows how to say every word and...

he likes to sing his abc's to he likes to play hide and seek with me also tag (but i pretend to run slowy )

he can do everything a grown up can cause he goes to school at an early time and te school teaces them everting and make them remember  everything so quick!!

Sorry if you have hard feeling's tho se kinda is gifted and kinda isnt

Answer 9

Your niece doesn't sound overly gifted...  She seems smart and interested in learning though.  You can do a whole bunch of things with her:

-puzzles

-arts and crafts (cutting, pasting, painting, coloring, drawing...)

-read books with you

-make her own books with pictures (you can write the words underneath)

-singing

-dancing

-playing outside

-playing with sand and water

-sorting things (laundry, colored objects, block)

-dress up

-you can teach her to count household things

....

Also, any interaction with adults and other kids is perfect.  Remember, she's still little and needs lots of playtime, don't push her if she desn't wat to do an ativity you planned for her.

Answer 10

sorry she doesn't sound gifted at all. she sounds like a 2 year old.  

Answer 11

she isn't really that talented persay but she is extremely curios and smart just like all toddlers.

Answer 12

Well, she's definitely very smart.

Keep reading to her. Let her fingerpaint. Encourage and help her to come up with stories, write them down for her (like make a little book out of regular paper) and let her illustrate it. Give her puzzles, blocks with interesting shapes, and see how she likes them. Let her play musical instruments. In a year or two, she'll be able to start taking classes.

Keep on doing what you're doing. =D

Answer 13

It sounds like they are doing a pretty good job already. The best thing is just to keep reading to her, and engage her in fun activities. Please be careful not to push her too hard. Some people think their kids are gifted, and then they push them so hard that the kids don't have fun anymore.  

Answer 14

Well, she seems bright, but when my best friend's sister's daughter was one and three quarters you could have simple conversations with her.  And I THINK she hummed "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" at fourteen months, before she could speak very well.  Since her mother read to her ALL the time from like six weeks old, yes, the baby LOVED books since very early on...And finally, this baby could scribble out a very odd drawing of a person...

But this baby girl was a bit younger/around the same age as your daughter.  Now at the age of 15, she has an IQ of 156 and is in Mensa.  She said her first word at 7 months, and it was picture, and she saw a picture of a COW in the arrangements of wooden door grains.  She pointed and said, "Moo".  

But yes, your daughter sounds quite bright, and more artsy than anything, if she likes reading, drawing, and singing.  Can she count up to twenty?  

But whatever you do, DON'T push her too hard, because despite her intelligence, she's still a baby.  That's a HUGE mistake some parents sometimes make.