I know everyone says their child is intelligent......BUT...

[oliveoil]

.....mine is .

She is 2 and 9 months and a few months ago we got a box of fairy stories. Read all of them ad nausem but have stuck on Jack and the Beanstalk for ages.

However, last night she picked out Puss in Boots, and proceeded to 'read' it out to me. She remembered most of the info from every page - even mentioning The Duke of Carabas!!! - and said 'Ogre grrrrrrrr'.

Do I have a budding Einstein or what?

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This is making me larf now.

I notice GetOrlaithout did not come back to clarify her point.

She knows a hard stare when she senses one.

OliveOil

I think its lovely to be proud,after all we made them!!!

My DD is just 20 months and can sing Twinkle Twinkle little star.Her attention span with books is not brilliant,(she is a v v busy bee)but I am working on it.......

My DS could recite 'Giraffes can't dance' word for word at the age of 3. And most kids at nursery could 'perform' the very hungry caterpillar on demand.

Now he's 5 and at school and can't read for toffee. Obviously better at memorising!)

However I was very proud of him for his giraffic achievements... and am still very proud of him now even though he's obviously not going to be top of the class for literacy.

One of mine could hum baa baa black sheep recognisably (GP recognised it anyway!) at about 12 months.

Super-intelligence in my kids ends there though

Hello thought I would add mine in

my 2.3 year old can count to 20, sing the whole of abc with correct pronounciation of words and can count to 10 in spanish which I taught her in a day!
she can speak better english than me (well thats not hard) and sounds posh!
i am as common as muck
i must of picked the wrong baby up!!!

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"well.. my ds age just 2 can count to 15 and knows at least 8 different colours.....

.... i am considering getting some kind of advice re "child genius" from the parents of that odd little boy who used to go on antiques roadshow circa early 80's. who apparently is now a girl.

was it james something?????

No! Really?

Funny you should mention him , I was trying to remember his name the other day to my dh.

Oh sorry ahem... back to the thread>>>

Just turning on my loud speak phone

MY 2.3 DD CAN HAS INCREDIBLE MANNERS AND CAN SAY AND USE AT THE CORRECT MOMENT:
THANK YOU
NO THANK YOU
YES PLEASE
EXCUSE ME
SORRY
PARDON (AFTER FARTING)

oliveoil - my dd used to do this and would "read" the books she memorised everywhere. It sounds cute but i lost count of the times I had to go back when trying to "rush" through the books

Ds is 2.5 and has memorised all the Hairy Maclary books and half of his Thomas books. he can memorise a simple books from the library if it's read to him 3 times. He can sing a song he has heard twice. He just has a great memory, can remember the names of people he has met once and will surprise them by saying "hello xxxx" if he passes them in the street.

I get embarrased in RL when he is in someone else's house and reaches for the Hairy Maclary and proceeds to recite the whole thing (complete with imitation of my silly voices) whilst turning the pages at the right times.

No idea where he gets it from, I could never memorise music and always forget peoples names.

Lol @ the counting, olive - 1,2,4,9. Ds2 does that too. The other day he was counting chocolate buttons and he said 1,2,3,7,8,9. Dh said "What happened to 4, 5 and 6?" and ds said, absolutely deadpan, "I ate those."

Fanbloodytastic

Well done on all your little ones. GS can count to 15 and not just by going 1, 2, 3, etc. He can tell how many 'things' are in a group just by looking at them. He can operate DVD players, video players, uses the computer regularly to play games and print stuff (cbeebies site), turns on the fans when it's hot, etc, etc ... he's just over 2 1/2, and has been doing all these things for around 6 months or so.

I have to say to all those mums who's little ones do not speak much that my younger sister did not speak until three years old (up until then just made grunting noises and some little words) but she was a right little brain box, got top grades right the way through school and 100% attendance certificates during secondary as she loved going to school so much so it just goes to show that speed of speech development does not relate to level of intelligence but I still like to brag about my little chatterbox

OK, my 15 month old ds is a musical genius - honest! At 8 months was singing the tune of Frere Jacques, and now sings at least half a dozen songs - in tune - usually just the tune but a fair few words now!!!!

(Trying desperately not to be a pushy Mum and sign the poor sod up for music classes - at least until he's 2!! )

Mine is especially naughty and difficult at the mo (age 2) and several people have commented that it is because he is so bright.
I nod but can any one explain this to me? I thought that it was just because he is plain naughty.

he he, thought everyone knew this one...all babies are bright, its the parents who f**k them up

mine are definitely geniuses.

Donbean, dd (3.10)has always been advanced for her age and had always been difficult.

As a baby I think she was frustrated because her mind could do so much more than her body.

Now she gets frustrated because it is hard work keeping up with her, her mind is always on the go and she is constantly demanding, wanting to know more, do more, do things she isn't old enough to do. Some of her "difficult" nature is down to boredom as she picks everything up so quickly, she needs more of a challenge I suspect than we have been giving her, a bit like a top set kid being placed in set three maths getting bored and then running amok.

I have always worried that I am forcing her to do things as being an teacher I know I am in to learning and am a tad pushy. But dd seems at her happiest sitting practising her handwriting or at the moment doing sums so I am just following her lead.

As I posted on the other thread she goes to lots of activties something nearly every day and that has helped.

twinsetandpearls - you have just described my dd (3.6) down to a T. People have often commented how advanced she is but i find her difficult at times i agree it must be the fustration. Do you find yourself exasperated at times when trying to discuss something with her and getting nowhere until you realise that actually you are trying to reason in an adult manner with a small child?

you have seen me in action then!

I sometimes feel awful for complaining as everyone is always telling me how lucky I am to have her - and of course I am. But it is hard work.

its refreshing to see people openly admitting that there kids are advanced (i've always been afraid of saying it for fear of looking like i'm boasting) and also to see people admitting it can be a curse as well as a blessing! One thing that does worry me though (not to the extent of sleepless nights iynwim) is that at such a young age she's under pressure to perform/achieve and that the family etc will be dissapointed if she doesn't live up to these high expectations they seem to have set for her

I worry about dd being an exhibit or a curiosity, i try and make sure she has a balanced life.

I watched a documentary about a gifted child who had no imagination as only her cognitive development had been pushed. So as well as all the "academic" activities she has a playroom filled with toys and she goes to dancing and gymnastics as well as a nature club.

Aren't all children a mixture of curses and blessings?

i know what you mean about being a curiosity, it makes me whince when people comment about how advanced her vocabulary is etc. I also fear she will either become introverted as a result, or worse become a smug so-and-so lording it over her peers when she starts schooland thus alienating herself