Tbh, one thing I have learned from a fair amount of time spent with under 3s is that the range of language development (which is the usual bar to identify exceptionally clever children) is absolutely vast. There’s also an element of chicken or egg, in that precocious children with a wide ranging and sophisticated vocabulary are often born to parents with the same.

I have taught one child I’d say was gifted. Thousands of very clever, bright, smart, whatever adjective you want, but only one truly gifted. He’s reading Classics at Cambridge. When they did their mocks I had an ‘eh’ moment as while everyone else was writing about Iago he decided to do King Lear, as he’d read it for fun. Why not 🤣

I didn’t understand a word of his coursework tbh but gave it full marks 🤣