Characteristics of a Gifted Child

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CHARACTERISTICS OF GIFTEDNESS

The following checklist of gifted traits is the result of years of research with gifted children. If most of the
characteristics listed below describe your child, or children with whom you work, they are probably gifted.
Notice the list includes a mixture of intellectual and personality traits.

· Good problem solving  

· Extensive vocabulary  

· Preference for older playmates

· Curiosity  

· Long attention span  

· Sensitivity  

· Compassion for others  

· Perfectionism  

· Vivid Imagination  

· Excellent sense of humor  

· Good memory  

· Fascination with books  

· Rapid learning ability

· Ability with puzzles  

· High degree of energy  

· Question of authority