Terms such as ‘the more able’, ‘high ability’ or ‘gifted and talented’ are often received with scepticism or alarm bells in early years settings. To label and categorise a child so young just doesn’t seem right. Furthermore, the implication of this sort of labelling is that the others are deemed to be not these things: the non-high ability, the not more able and the non-gifted and talented children.
However, that said, who wants to be responsible for overlooking a child’s aptitudes and talents? Not all children will have the good fortunes of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, who were told at school that they showed no musical talent. So, how do we set about approaching this issue in the early years?
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