Childhood development

[blunomore]

I am sure every parent thinks their child is a genius.

Is there a link between reaching developmental milestones (walking. talking, etc.) early and intellectual capacity, or not ?

 

[copacetic]

I have repeatedly noted the fact that many of my intellectual heroes were late developers, as children.

I doubt there is any meaningful link to be made, either way.

 

[GreyBush]

I have repeatedly noted the fact that many of my intellectual heroes were late developers, as children.

I doubt there is any meaningful link to be made, either way.

Now if your child starts playing piano by ear at 2 years old... thats a different story.

 

[noxibox]

Is there a link between reaching developmental milestones (walking. talking, etc.) early and intellectual capacity, or not ?

No. Things like walking and talking are in fact linked to muscle and fine motor control development and thus nothing to do with intelligence. If a child is way behind in development, then it should be investigated as there could be something impeding them.

 

[Refraction]

Anyone heard of the DAP draw a picture test? Your thoughts..

 

[blunomore]

Anyone heard of the DAP draw a picture test? Your thoughts..

Tell us more about this ... ?

 

[KiG]

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

 

[blunomore]

No. Things like walking and talking are in fact linked to muscle and fine motor control development and thus nothing to do with intelligence.

Are you sure motor development is not at all linked to intelligence ?

 

[Azbubu]

Are you sure motor development is not at all linked to intelligence ?

Then Mike Tyson would be a genius.

 

[skimread]

One of my favourite TED talks.

[video=youtube;B8rmi95pYL0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rmi95pYL0[/video]

 

[demiurge]

http://cpj.sagepub.com/content/24/12/671.abstract

Children with earlier ages of milestone attainment did not have higher IQs on average. The association of gross motor development and cognition is not strong enough to allow the use of one to predict the other.

Seems there may be a correlation between motor development and language / reading skills though
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S001216220600079X/pdf

A significant difference was found between the
development of expressive language skills. Children with
familial risk of dyslexia and slow motor development had a
smaller vocabulary with poorer inflectional skills than the
other children. They were also slower in their reading speed
at the end of the first grade at the age of 7 years. Two different
associations are discussed, namely the connection between
early motor development and language development, and
the connection between early motor development and
reading speed.

 

[blunomore]

Are you sure motor development is not at all linked to intelligence ?

Then Mike Tyson would be a genius.

What I am saying, is that surely it takes some measure of intelligence to be able to e.g. move your legs, pick up an object, etc.

 

[EnchanterG]

No link between milestones and intellectual capacity I'm afraid.

However, determining your child's preferred method of learning will greatly enhance their cognitive development. Look to start exploring that from about 6 years old.

 

[Sherbang]

Well Einstein didn't start talking until he was 3 years old. If that tells us anything...

Although Einstein is now considered the epitome of genius, in the first two decades of his life, many people thought Einstein was the exact opposite. Right after Einstein was born, relatives were concerned with Einstein's pointy head. Then, when Einstein didn't talk until he was three years old, his parents worried something was wrong with him. Einstein also failed to impress his teachers. From elementary school through college, his teachers and professors thought him lazy, sloppy, and insubordinate. Many of his teachers thought he would never amount to anything.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/Einstein.htm

 

[EnchanterG]

What I am saying, is that surely it takes some measure of intelligence to be able to e.g. move your legs, pick up an object, etc.

Spatial awarenes and such is a function of kineaesthetic intelligence. Basically, our cognitive abilities extend into 7 broad areas. Most children develop a affinity for two of those spheres. This helps determine how they learn. So, a child that is spatially aware may be approached to learn better through physical application etc.

 

[Creag]

I have heard that crawling is an important part of development and is linked to muscle development, fine motor skills and mathematics.

 

[noxibox]

Then Mike Tyson would be a genius.

That's basically it. Having good motor skills doesn't really imply being intelligent. Similarly some really bright people are incredibly clumsy.

Seems there may be a correlation between motor development and language / reading skills though
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S001216220600079X/pdf

I didn't read it, but it is important that this sort of testing be repeated to determine if the deficit persists. For instance studies have found that children who are taught to read later are initially behind those taught earlier, but that this gap narrows and eventually disappears completely.

What I am saying, is that surely it takes some measure of intelligence to be able to e.g. move your legs, pick up an object, etc.

Why would it? There's no real reason they should be related.

Well Einstein didn't start talking until he was 3 years old. If that tells us anything...

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/Einstein.htm

Probably thought his teachers were idiots and school a tedious waste of time. He was probably right.

 

[Knyro]

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Pfft, that's just to make the stupid people feel better about themselves

I don't think that there is any one thing like when the child learns to walk and talk that is an indicator of intellectual capacity. You'll just have to wait and see.

Some people like Einstein took a long time just to start talking but then again others like Gauss were already calculating employee payrolls in their head at age two.

 

[R13...]

The opposite looks more the likely given unscientific observations.

 

[skimread]

Pfft, that's just to make the stupid people feel better about themselves

Then you might as well argue that intelligence is a made up word to make unattractive people feel good about themselves.