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That's a great mental picture of the world that he he has. Does he see number and letters in color, too?

I'm not sure, but I'll ask. I think if he did, he might have mentioned it when we were reading the Number Devil!

OMG, my 22month old DD just matched the mandarin symbol for five on Ni-hao, Kai-Lan. (think multiple choice, which one matches) She had not shown a lot of GT traits yet but that seems to be changing. Heck, she was barely talking till just recently. Still she gets very jealous if I practice writing with DS & not her. She makes the tightest most precise little scribbles, they are almost letter like. DH swears he has seen her manage an a & an e. This has the makings of a very wild ride!

I had a big heart swelling I am so proud of my daughter moment last night. DD 2 1/2 has always been a little shy out in public and though she has been coming out of her shell a little at a time she still seems to hang back and follow other kids' leads. She has some friends her age and I notice that while around them she dummies herself down in her verbals... shortening her sentences to 2 or 3 word sentences b/c that is how they talk but she still has fun with them. Last night we went to dinner at a restaurant that has a playground out on the deck. When we got there there were 2 girls that were quite a bit older than DD playing on the equipment but when she went out on the playground they were headed back to their seats. DD of her own choice ran over to them and asked if they would be her friends and then asked if they would come and play with her. And they did. It was so exciting to watch her out there holding her own with the kids that were about 8 to 10 years older than her. She hanging out with them I noticed her vocabulary was in normal range for her ability so no dummying down and her physical ability as she tried what they were doing seemed to increase. I guess she just needed someone to show her some new tricks.

So mommy was very proud of DD ... that was a huge step for her to go out of her way to ask them to be her friends and play with her.

That is great!!

Katelyn'sMom what a lovely post and a big achievement for your DD!

Holy NWEA MAP growth, Batman!

DS-almost-7, first grade, had his MAP testing over the past week, and I asked him about it today (he had his last one, math, today). I love that the computer screen flashes the score when the kids are done -- DS remembers stuff like that and he happily reports back.

Last spring math: 190 (>99 percentile for Kers, 86-87 percentile for first graders)
This spring math, according to DS: 225!? (>99 percentile for second graders, 97th percentile for third graders, 83-84 percentile for fourth graders!)

Last spring reading: 178 (97 percentile for Kers, 66-68 percentile for first graders)
This spring reading, according to DS: 206 (this one's not as impressive as the math -- >99 percentile for first graders, 90th percentile for second graders)

Assuming he's reporting accurately (he did last year ), I'm impressed! Go get 'em, DS! And here I was thinking I should show him some example questions (he wasn't interested and I didn't bother pushing it).

Take *that*, public-school-that-wouldn't-put-him-in-first-grade-math-last-year! No wonder he's happier at school this year -- he's actually learning while he's there. Fancy that, learning at school!

I'm a proud mama.

YEAH Mia's DS!!!!! I"m glad he's in a good situation now!

Great news Mia

That's awesome! So glad he's happy!

Neato