Saturday, May 21

Genius?

Just as a background if you are new to this blog, my 4-year old daughter (hereafter referred to as Bug) has a learning disability that resulted in language delay. She has been in a Special Ed class for the past 2 years.



At the breakfast table at Aunt Joan's last Saturday:

Bug tracing the top of her milk cup with her finger: "It's a circle"
Joan [intrigued]: "Can you name another shape for me ?"
Bug (after thinking for a few seconds): "An octagon"
Joan [surprised and curious]: "How many sides does an octagon have?"
Bug: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, height. Height sides"
Joan [flabbergasted]:"Yes that's right"

Mommy[PROUD]

7 comments:

  1. Eeek! She is without a doubt a genius. Most days I think I struggle with that one! Most of us would say square or triangle, must be to easy for your little one!

    Enjoy a fantastic weekend.

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  2. Good for her. ALL kids are amazing in their ability to learn and retain complex information...

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  3. tu as raison d'etre fiere!
    Mon fils a eu aussi beaucoup de difficultes a parler, il n'a rien dit jusqu'a 3 ans et demi, il a meme du apprendre un peu de sign langage pour communiter avec les autres, tu imagines bien qu'il n'est pas bilingue! Mais maintenant il parle tout le temps!

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  4. I haven't read it yet, but Karen Kingsbury just wrote a book about an autistic child who doesn't start speaking at an early age either, it is called Unlocked, if you haven't read her books, uo'll love them! I can't wait to read this one!

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  5. Good one!

    I actually had to chuckle, because octagons were a recent topic of conversation with my four year old...as in when I said there were six sides and he corrected me! Ouch.

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  6. Wow! Congrats to Bug! Hi! Just stopping by. Following you from the Relax and Surf Sunday Hop. Would love it if you would visit and 'like' my page: www.facebook.com/flightlessgoose.

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  7. Congrats! Hi! Following you from the Relax & Surf Sunday blog hop! Hope you visit my Cajun blog and return the follow!
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