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Wanting to hear from anyone else with a bright\gifted toddler

Kristy - posted on 11/22/2009 ( 4 moms have responded )

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I have a 4 year who is very bright and been assessed to the learning age of a 6 year old. This proves to be a daily struggle of ups and downs. Bright children dont require as much sleep as others but hello their mothers do! Then she does something that blows you out of the water and makes you think my god where is this coming from. I am after any info from other that can help me deal with the boredom tantrums and the stress of the 6 your old brain wanting to do something the 4 year old body cant. She gets very frustrated at times. She also has 2 imaginary friend that she communicates with all the time sometimes it s fine other times its makes her seem crazy. HELP

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Kristy - posted on 11/22/2009

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I agree with your mum smart kids need to be encouraged. I have the bad thing of her not even hitting school for another 2 years, we have a stupid Prep year then school. I am starting the fight mid year next year to get her into school in 2011 instead of Prep. She gets bored so easily and i dont want her getting tarred with the "to hard or trouble" brush. Thanks for the website i will check it out

Kristy - posted on 11/22/2009

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How do you deal with the friends side of things??My little girls get so into them at times she looks like she is going crazy its rather embarassing when out shopping. She actually has 3 friends but it sort of depends on how much you believe in certain things, one of them is more of a gardian angel in my opinion he is only around when she is sick. Then we have "Jack" he is the nutcase influence the one she runs round like an idiot with. Oddly enough there is then "Shark" he is actually a shark from what she tells us, he is her more calmed play friend they vary for her moods. I try all we can to keep her busy as her brain works faster then her body, so she gets run down and starts looking like a zombie. I have read that this is fairly normal when the brain learns faster then it is meant to the body pays the price.

Ashley - posted on 11/22/2009

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I have a 4 year old step son that is the same way. He gets bored easily. He has 2 imaginary friends he talks to ALL the time. I just try to find things for him to do that stimulate his mind. He has children laptops that he loves. I try and do fun arts and crafts with him. educational video games. and we are outside all the time. He hates to be in the house lol.

Christine - posted on 11/22/2009

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My children are not old enough for me to help you, but I figured I could tell you what my mom did with me. She kept me steeped in activities such as writing, reading, (if she can read) and other mind-type activities. She always said that a child that is smart needs to do more work to wear down energy in the brain. Basically works great for boredom tantrums. Mainly because if you keep it creative enough and just ahrd enough she will think she is doing something older kids do and you will be working on her strengths as well. Another thing my mom didn't do, but I do with my daughter even though she is 2, she loves the computer and they have a billion safe-tested sites that you can put your daughter on for activities of all ages. WWW.starfall.com is a good one. very kid oriented. Then she will really feel like she is doing big girl things.

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