Is my 3 year old advanced or gifted?
My son is 3 years and 4 months old. He said his first word: "Hi" at 6 months old. At 9 months, he took his first steps. At 1 year old, he was saying a lot of words, By 1 1/2 he was joining 2 words together and saying the names of family members including aunts and uncles. By 2, he was talking in sentences. At 3 years and 2 months he could write all the upper case letters, at 3 years and 3 months, I let him listen to a phonics song 4 times in the car, and in the evening, he had mastered almost all the letter sounds. In a weeks time, he was reading 3 letter words. A few weeks ago, he asked me how to write lowercase letters, he learned very quickly and would keep practicing until he got the letters right. Now, he knows how to write all the uppercase and lowercase letters. This week, he asked me to teach him numbers and in 3 days, he learned to write the number 1 to 10 by himself. He can also write his name: first and last and spell it out. He is in junior nursery and is ahead of all his classmates. He learns very quickly and when he want to learn to write something new, he would keep practicing how to do it on a board or drawing it in the air. He also would answer his workbook in school even if most of the lessons haven't been taught yet. He speaks very well too and when he was placed in a toddler class last year with the junior nursery, he was excitedly socializing with the older kids and raising his hand during the class discussions and sitting still in class. He gets along well with kids of all ages. I am wondering if he is just a quick learner or is there a possibility he is gifted.