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Re: Baby can read lulu #76110 05/14/10 01:14 PM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,898 Scotland C ColinsMum Member
ColinsMum Member C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,898 Scotland	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 :-) Email: my username, followed by 2, at google's mail

Re: Baby can read ColinsMum #76126 05/14/10 05:08 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 529 N no5no5 Member
no5no5 Member N Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 529	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.

Re: Baby can read no5no5 #76277 05/17/10 02:45 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 10 L lex Junior Member
lex Junior Member L Joined: May 2010 Posts: 10	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.

Re: Baby can read HelloBaby #77148 05/30/10 12:14 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 10 C cuddlycutebaby1 Junior Member
cuddlycutebaby1 Junior Member C Joined: May 2010 Posts: 10	may be your kid is really gifted.. congrats for that.... Diet Autism In Children

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