Version June 2024
| Characteristics of giftedness | Example |
| Early language development | A two-year-old who speaks in complex sentences |
| Early reading and writing skills | A preschooler who reads text with comprehension or writes in sentences with minimal or no instruction |
| Complaints of boredom at school, in the presence of clear academic success | "Why do I have to do the same thing over and over again?" |
| Unusual academic skills in math | Self-acquired ability and interest in numbers (eg, learning to multiply numbers mentally before formal schooling) |
| Intense interests | A strong preoccupation with an area of interest, academic or nonacademic (eg, airplanes) |
| Clearly advanced skills in academic or nonacademic areas, especially when identified by a teacher or a professional in an academic or nonacademic domain | Highly advanced drawing skills, athletic abilities, musical ability, etc |
| Characteristics NOT indicative of school-house giftedness | |
| Advanced motor skills, especially before two years of age* | |
| High scores on a developmental assessment tool, especially when administered before three years of age | |
| Advanced rote learning skills, such as letter identification, number identification, or reading decoding without text comprehension | |
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