Development milestones	Normal Development	30% Advanced
Fine motor
Plays with rattle	3	2.1
Holds object between finger and thumb	9	6.3
Scribbles spontaneously	13	9.1
Draws person with two body parts	48	33.6
Draws recognisable person with body	60	42
Draws person with neck, hands & clothes	72	50.4
Language development
Vocalises two different sounds	2.3	1.6
Says first word	7.9	5.5
Responds to name	9	6.3
Babbles with intonation	12	8.4
Vocabulary of 4-6 words	15	10.5
Names an object	17.8	12.5
Vocabulary of 20 words	21	14.7
Combines several words spontaneously	21	14.7
Uses simple sentences	24	16.8
Uses personal pronouns	24	16.8

It is in the cognitive and social areas of giftedness that some of these milestones are often more difficult to assess. There are also some other notice be taken of a child's:
• advanced knowledge
• advanced thinking or reasoning
• particular creativity
• humour and joke telling
• spontaneity
• demands for independence
• being competitive
• persistence in completing tasks
• advanced social maturity (such as in sharing, invitations, reminding others about rules, and roleplaying).