That’s very easy to find out. If your child can draw a curved line between a point on a … Really? Will we ever be able to find out? Could there be many talents? Which one would they choose? Is there a way to measure? In fact, most of the times, when we can not measure their talent or interest in specific topic or subject, would be our first clue. As a parent, we will never have enough questions in our head. Good strategy is to keep looking for these signs of talent or spikes. The spark could be recurring, many times short lived, but it’s a sure sign of concentrated beam of energy finding it’s way out.
Kids by nature and age of course, have a very short attention span. You could spend an hour talking and you have them for say two to three good minutes. Now, those two – three minutes, could be their talent or interest is in. Next time, try bringing whole five minutes of stuff around that topic. If they are all ears, Bingo ! I come across a lot of kids who struggle to gather this energy. Some of them are not aware of their capabilities, some do not want to shine among peers. Most visible behavior pattern is the later. They do want to fit in much like every other child in the classroom.
Now you may think, why go through this much trouble to find out?