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You will be amazed at how young and how talented these children are. Their performance made my heart swell with joy. I hope it does yours, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE7waNi5dc0&You will be amazed at how young and how talented these children are. Their performance... more
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By this point, pretty much everyone knows about the accomplishments of child prodigies such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Some of the world’s greatest minds — individuals whose works continue to resonate and inspire even today — also launched their prodigious careers early in life as well; however, many mainstream individuals fail to realize this. The following names, all of whom have somehow revolutionized their respective industries, nurtured their talents as children before moving on to achieve some pretty amazing things. It is by no means a comprehensive list, but rather a nice, quick primer on some intriguing people who changed the world.
LINK : http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/02/02/12-people-you-didnt-know-were-child-prodigies/By this point, pretty much everyone knows about the accomplishments of child prodigies... more
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A two-year-old boy from upstate New York has become a bit of a pool shark - despite still wearing nappies (well he is only 2!)
Keith O'Dell Jr, perhaps has his pool playing parents to thank. They've set up a website dedicated to their son - fittingly called poolprodigy.comA two-year-old boy from upstate New York has become a bit of a pool shark - despite... more
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Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)?
You can't make your child be gifted, but you can help your kid reach his or her potential.
You can't make your child be gifted, but you can help your kid reach his or her potential.
Wow, clearly she's a genius!
Or, um, maybe not.
"Gifted" has become one of the most tossed-about words in the parenting lexicon. Unfortunately -- sorry, but let's get this out of the way right up front -- it's also one of the most misused.
The vast majority of children are not gifted. Only 2 to 5 percent of kids fit the bill, by various estimates. Of those, only one in 100 is considered highly gifted. Prodigies (those wunderkinds who read at 2 and go to college at 10) are rarer still -- like one to two in a million. And despite the boom in infant-stimulation techniques, educational DVDs, learning toys, and enrichment classes, those numbers haven't been increasing. You can't build giftedness; it's mostly built in.
Still, it's hard to resist scrutinizing your child for signs of greatness. (Those "signs" in the first paragraph, by the way? Not one guarantees an intellectual giant.) The growing fascination with giftedness is part natural impulse to see our offspring as special, part wanting to be sure a child's needs are met, and maybe a bit of hoping for a competitive edge in the increasingly cutthroat school-admission process -- or bragging rights.
"There are no average kids anymore," notes Devra Renner, a clinical social worker and coauthor of "Mommy Guilt". "The word 'good' is like the new 'bad.' Why settle for even 'smart' when you could instead call your child 'gifted'?"Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble... more
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Now I'm not one to get jealous, but I swear these exams must be getting easier...
Primary school student, Aran Mohan aspires to be a scientist 'like Albert Einstein' when he grows up, and after achieving a C grade in a Communication Technologies, it's looking well within his grasp.
The brainiac not only found the time to revise for the exam, normally taken by people twice his age, he also managed to fit in his normal primary school studies as well as a variety of hobbies, which range from playing the piano, keyboard, drums and guitar, as well as football, tennis and ice-skating!
Apparently, he didn't even realise he was any good at ICT until AFTER the exam:
"I didn't realise I was good at ICT until after I'd done the GCSE exam. It was easier than I thought it was going to be and I feel proud now that I've done it."
What a kid. Now I'm not one to get jealous, but I swear these exams must be getting easier...... more
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A five year old boy is taking on the best in France's Rubik's Cube Championships.
A 5-year-old French boy is the youngest contestant in the sixth Rubik's Cube Championship in France, competing against those nine times his age.
Michael Tetlow reports.A five year old boy is taking on the best in France's Rubik's Cube... more
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