It's the call of your child's unique talents.  Always is it seeking to find a safe and supportive place to shine.   Be it the beating of a drum or drawing of a butterfly.  These are the breadcrumbs of his or her brilliance.

Take the Wright Brothers for example.  At age 12 and 8 respectively they begun building toy airplanes and well, never stopped.  I dare say it was something in them beckoning to be brought to this world.  It may even emerge younger.  Picasso's first word was "Piz-Piz" short for pencil in Italian.  Oprah was nicknamed "The Preacher" by Age 2 for her notable church pew talks.

Your child need not be on the world stage but this call is universal.

In my last creativity camp, I directed each child to express their dreams & wishes in a journal.  Jacob aged 3 ½ (don't forget the ½) painted his dream job: a rescue pilot.  Where did that come from?  Or Ashley, age 8, who wrote about editing my writing (she feels she can really help me - probably!).  Or Lucas, age 5, decided to show us his musical wishes on the piano.  Without ever a lesson he played all the right keys along with my song. Hmmm.