Gifted Creative Children
Gifted creative children can often display some or all of the following characteristics
- High sensitivity
- Excessive amounts of energy
- Bores easily and may appear to have short attention span
- Requires emotionally stable and secure adults around him/her
- Will resist authority if not democratically orientated
- Have preferred ways of learning; particularly in reading and mathematics
- May become easily frustrated because of his/her big ideas and not having the resources or people to assist him/her in carrying these tasks to fruition
- Learns from an exploratory level and resists rote memory and just being a listener
- Cannot sit still unless absorbed in something of his/her own interest
- Very compassionate and has many fears such as death and loss of loved ones
- If they experience failure early, may give up and develop permanent learning blocks
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Behaviour displayed by children and adults is a product of their experiences and learning. It has a meaning and function. Behaviour can be modified if we can modify their experiences and environment.