2 – 4 years
The following includes all/most skills in the checklist above.
• Early and extensive language development and vocabulary, forms
grammatically correct sentences as compared to peers
• Interest in computers (not video games)
• Ability to solve a 20-piece puzzle by age 3
• Has a vivid imagination (includes having imaginary friends)
• Extraordinary feats of memory
• Extreme curiosity and asks many questions
• Specific talent (if any), such as artistic ability or an unusual
facility for numbers - becomes more apparent by age 4
• Ability to memorize and recall facts easily
• Early development of a sense of humor
• Ability to do one-to-one counting for small quantities by age 3
• Recognition of simple signs and own written name by age 3
• Ability to write letters, numbers, words, and their names between 3
and 4 years
• Ability to read easy readers by age 4
• Rather independent on the computer by age 4
• Demonstration of musical aptitude just after 2
• Ability to do simple addition and subtraction by age 4
• High degrees of mathematical understanding by age 4
