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My 3.5 year old knows more than me!!!!

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mummyloveslucy · 12/11/2008 09:10

Hi, I went to my daughters nursery parents evening yesterday, and was amazed at what she's learning and how much she knows.
The teacher said she knows all her flat shapes and now were introducing cube, cuboid, cylinder and sveere. (no idea how to spell that one).
Anyway, I was a bit I had to go home and look up what a cuboid was.
That evening when we were having dinner, I said to my daughter what shape is your glass? She looked at it, then said very proudly "a cylinder", then she said "and a circle on the top and this is a reclangle, (her place mat).
She was so excited to show me what she knows. She has a speech disorder so I've probubly been underestemating her.
Apparently, she'll take a lead role in playing and will stand up in front of the class and talk about a toy she's bought in.
(I never had that much confidence!) and my speech was perfect. I am so proud of her, mostly for the fact that she is so thoughtful and caring but it's made me realise that perhaps I underestemate her and do things for her that she's quite capable of doing her self. I always undress her at bed time for example but last night I said "can you take your clothes off please" and she did, she also looked really proud of herself.
I'm just worried that if I have to look up things she's learning now, how will I cope when she's in the primary school ??

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Lizzylou · 12/11/2008 09:12

Aw, thats lovely, you are right to be so proud of your DD.
Get an encyclopaedia in for school

Miggsie · 12/11/2008 09:13

Don't worry, she will love telling you things, it will give her so much confidence.
I was in the garden with DD (4) and said "oh there's a butterfly" and she looked at it and said "oh mummy, it's a MOTH, moths sit with their wings down while butterflies sit with them upright"
They had just done bugs and butterflies at nusery!

And it's never too late to learn.

mummyloveslucy · 12/11/2008 09:15

Thanks Lizzylou, I will.

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sunnyshine · 12/11/2008 09:16

my 4 year old dd explained to me what contrary meant the other day freom the nursery rhyme "mary mary quite contrary!!"

cluelessnchaos · 12/11/2008 09:17

That is lovely, what a clever girl, miggsie I never knew that about moths, ds aged 4 showed me the difference between an argentinasaurous and a t rex, t rex has only two fingers and argentinasaurous has three, youreally do learn something new every day.

mummyloveslucy · 12/11/2008 09:18

Miggsie- It's amazing isn't it? They really are like little spounges at that age.
She's so enthusiastic about learning new things too.

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mummyloveslucy · 12/11/2008 09:26

I wish I could watch her at nursery, to see it all for myself, it sounds amazing.
They have teddy bears picknicks in the woods, and learn about nature first hand. They once had a picknick in a tent in the gardens while it was pooring with rain.
My daughter still talks about that excitedly 2 months later. It's just somthing I'd never dream of doing with her.

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mummyloveslucy · 12/11/2008 09:43

I sould train as a nursery teacher, then apply for a job at the school.
I'd be in my element.

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