I haven't blogged in almost a year. Why? I had much to do and so little time.
The Mensa baby, the youngest member to be inducted into this brainy society, is 1 month shy of her third birthday.
They touted on May 3, 2012, that this wonderfully gifted baby could read.
I immediately went to the video, anxious to see this child read. What I saw was that the baby could call the letters and pronounce the word.
The trouble is the picture of the word is directly beneath the word. "Whoa, wait just a tooting minute. My two year old grand baby can do this and has been doing this same thing since the age of 2 years, three months".
I taught her her letters and numbers. She could immediately identify the letters, then the word that accompanied the letters because of the picture directly below or above the word. I never saw this as reading, just as a really fast recognition of letters and patterns. These skills are considered pre-reading ones. This just means that my granddaughter is really ready for reading, but I don't say that she is reading.
Mensa folk, I know that you know this too. So what else is qualifying this child for a Mensa membership?
All in the name of clear communication,
Yellowdog
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