Christian Rey H.

Balmori EDUC 22 EDA ProfEd

Gifted children usually start talking early. Even though most children say their first word
at around 1 year of age, gifted children may start speaking as early as 9 months old.
Some parents find that their children said their first word perhaps earlier than it seems,
or in other words, as earlier than usual as 6 months of age. It's worth noting that not
even all gifted children speak early or sooner. In reality, some gifted children have
delayed talking ability, and cannot speak until they are 2 years old or even older.

A typical two-year-old can form sentences of two or three words without using verbs.
For example, a child might say "I have a cat" to "I have a cat". However, gifted children
can speak long sentences by the age of two. By the age of three, a gifted child's
language may already resemble that of an adult. They can use time markers like Now,
Later, First, and After.

Most gifted children have this type of advanced language development, but its absence
does not mean the child is not gifted. The range of normal language development is as
broad in gifted children as it is in non-gifted children. These descriptions of what is
typical of gifted children are intended to help parents understand what advanced
language skills look like.