I posted about my daughter a few months ago. She isn't so much into math as we don't really talk about math much. Here is an update on her.
I have a 3.25 year old daughter. She exhibits some characteristics of giftedness. She is sensitive, as in emotions(but seems to be outgrowing some of it) and sensitive to noises(OE's). She prefers to play alone for the most part and prefers old children or babies. She is bosy and can be a perfectionist. She can concentrate for long periods on things that interest her. She was pretty alert from early on. I have a picture of her at 3 weeks smiling at my sister and most of her early pictures, she's looking directly into the camera. Most of her milestones where met on time(crawling was a little late), but her speech was her biggest advancement. I didn't write down exacts, but I'd say she had at least 10 words that she used correctly by 12 months. She could name as well as say 5 body parts at 14 months. She didn't have the best coordination to get the puzzle pieces in their exact spots, but tired a shape peg puzzle at 15 months. By 20 months, she could recite the basic colors, shapes, count to 10, and recite the ABC song. At this time, she was speaking in 2 word sentences and had at least 100 words. By the time she turned 2, she was speaking in 4-6 word sentences and had 300 words(possibly more). By 2.5 she could count to 20, but would skip a number here and there. She learned to recognize the alphabet and letter sounds in about 3 weeks. We played on Starfall.com off and on during this time. She also learned more shapes. Shortly before she turned 3, she had 4 sight words(milk, jug, baby, and her name). Not long after turning 3, she picked up more sight words and can sound out some CVC words. I usually have to help her look at each letter to say its sound. She has started reading some early readers. She can write most letters(some aren't the neatest, but are legible enough to understand). She can write most numbers and has counted to 100 with minimal assitance. She mostly counts to 40 without prompt. She recognizes a good number of double digit numbers. She learned our address and phone number before 3 and can sing, but can't always say the months of the year and the days of the week.
I'm hoping to send her to a local Catholic school for 1 year of pre-k and then decide what to do after that.
http://www.dropshots.com/Mygirlsmommy#date/2007-11-17/07:36:40
this is a link to videos of her reading.
Sarah
