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    lulu #76110 05/14/10 01:14 PM
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    Originally Posted by lulu
    p.s. Translation of smart - American to English = clever.

    I'm going to leave the hothousing issue ... back to you guys:-)
    No no, we're done - but honestly, I think the translation is not that simple (descriptively, based on how people use the words). However, if I explain why not, we'll be here all night, and I Don't Feel Like It, so I am Not Going There. Goodnight all :-)


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    ColinsMum #76126 05/14/10 05:08 PM
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    Originally Posted by ColinsMum
    I think it is (largely) a word choice issue; specifically, I think we're using the word "smart" to mean two very different things. My "getting smarter" is (by my intention) pretty much synonymous with your "developing cognitively"*. As for the other distinction you draw, I'm interested in helping my DS to develop rather than in developing him against his will - although we are not unschoolers, and I do direct to some extent, so it is possible we aren't 100% in agreement!

    *thinking about it, I could believe that this is non-standard usage. Sorry for the confusion if so: I'm British, so in my native language being "smart" actually means wearing polished shoes and an ironed shirt!

    Gotcha. grin

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    I noticed my boy could sight read a few words early on (cat, dog along with counting to 20 etc. So I got him a bunch of educational DVDs. "Your Baby Can Read" among them.

    I would put them on and he would watch them sometimes, sometimes not. He never read a word off the show out loud or pointed at anything as instructed.I thought all of the videos seemed pretty goofy.

    I'm also a big fan of the iphone (great for subway rides). One day I replaced the flash cards of animals etc. with the words straight off the video and showed them to him on a subway ride.
    he knew them all (from "baby" to "hippopotamus".)

    Turns out no matter how pathetic or goofy the dvd he gets something out of it. at 17 months I got him "Leapfrog Letter Factory" and he learn his phonic in a few days. Now he is 2 and five months spells many words and more important trys to sound words out.

    Is he gifted or a bit smart I don't know for sure. I do know that he got a whole bunch of info and built on it from those silly dvds for sure.

    They seem ridiculous and this is not what I expected.I'm glad I went ahead and got them for him.

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    may be your kid is really gifted..
    congrats for that....

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