Although it is not possible to generalise entirely, observation and studies of bright children in Indian homes and schools have revealed that they display many of the characteristics mentioned below:
1. They are very active in physical movement, and learn to sit, stand and walk at an earlier age than other children. They can grasp and manipulate objects easily and love movement.
2. They learn to understand and utter words, phrases and sentences very early. They acquire a large vocabulary by the age of two or two and a half years, and want to talk, and know the names of objects.
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3. By the age of three some of these children are bilingual.
4. They are curious and ask many questions about time, calendar, clock, winds, rainfall, and weather and about people. They are interested in newspapers and journals even if they have not learnt to read yet.
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5. Bright children learn counting and reading very early, and may be able to write their names before they are admitted to school.
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6. A bright child displays wide interests. He is interested in collections of stamps, leaves, labels, pictures, shells and other objects, and he attempts to classify them.
7. Bright children are often interested in the activities at home, and love to be assigned tasks, which they carry out with a sense of responsibility.
8. Bright children display a sense of humour and can say witty things.
9. A bright child is generally found to have friends who are older than he is, but he plays with them at an equal level.
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10. He is emotionally stable and adaptable and loves to cooperate with his parents and family members in house-hold matters.
11. He exhibits reasonableness and understanding at a very early age and can take part in discussion with grown-up people.
12. Bright children have a wide range of interest. They love books, journals and may be interested in some other areas such as painting, music, scientific hobbies, languages or mathematics.
13. Bright children can attend to one thing for a longer time than others and show persistence in what they do.