Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
A Gifted Child.

have read many OF. your articles with with
much interest and trust / am not imposing lI, ng
on your good nature i'll asking LOT me vi
w" We u nave two little girls Of 10 and 9, Both
Especially ii is not fond OF study and viii
md all sorts of excuses to get out 81 ~ II
hs Ts and Rhs % nt teacher
the house since she was baby and by a sor!
OF play and challenge never fofc en9.d aI 20
learn almost without knowing how she did
il and is already three years ahead Of .nGse
taken up only for or 10 minutes at time
and only when she was interested sdoa sv,rs,-
sion and has succeeded in avoiding entirely
the sing-song tones and measured style OF
She easily writes or reads numbers to , the
millions has firm grasp On the iO even
s can fbIoufh fractions without
use of pencil OF paper she quickly grasps and
answers such problems tasct aSanff Whole
Plumbers and fractions and reyerses, etc
IN music she ha: always lo H.;1 r mes9dy 4
b1o5rb cs sPf n max she she be
sure Of the tempo and then go to the piano ,ia no
9th unusual feeling for: one 50 young. ;.
no letters show how on the Keys, and yet she
quickly locat ties every key and writes HUE
em rtS 70 ETC Uses Correct ngerins often
%riting familiar words pindioioed, ytS s,a
ehe reached her Skin DlrlnCays WITHOUT Sus
catchy little piece on the .piano-eieht bars
only. Now in entering school 1t seems she
though already she reads and writes much
better than the average schoolgirl OF 10 sn c
euaintances under is who can equal her IN
She has Just entered school and it seems
there is an unwrltten law there that child
must not know more than his age warrants
AL the work they have given her so Tar IS
fnere play 70 her. but unless she can get INTO
higher classes II seems as though IS, she , VII
members Of her class catch up. She is not
e. az boasttul or concelted and Is very muc en-
spoiled or immodest E. K K
Reply.
There is the phrase born with a
silver spoon in his mouth" or some
magic financial touch that turns every
thing into gold A better gift is that
which turns everything into knowledge.
The value of such we'll observed &C
counts of gifted and perfectly normal
children is that they re-enforce the
position, so very important in under
standing human nature, that we are
different to begin with. Little Six is
an all-round specimen Of gifted child
she reads. and with understanding and
expression; she is mathematician and
q musician, even a composer; she writes
on typewriter with blank keys. and
her handwriting is clear and firm; her
disposition seems as good as her mind.
Since Prof Terman and his associates
have given US those valuable and 1ascl-
rating studies of gifted children, lnclud-
ing a few veritable geniuses, we can
speak with greater confidence Of the
eenuineness of these talents The fact
of precocity is established. 1t means
that if you start we'll. you travel quickly
and you go far; better brain starts
earlier, learns more easily and rapidly
and promises a permanent superiority
All three gifts are one. These superior
children are not freaks. but results from
the happy coming together Of favorable
circumstances in the heredity.
What to do with these children wher
they must be fitted into the ways of &
standardized education is a question o.
large consequence. The recognition o.
the superior child has Led to the proW