2 yr old accepted into MENSA
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Topic: 2 yr old accepted into MENSA
Posted By: mum2paris
Subject: 2 yr old accepted into MENSA
Date Posted: 01 May 2009 at 7:18pm
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yikes, pretty cool!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6198015.ece - Clever kid! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 01 May 2009 at 7:25pm
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Note sure how you measure the IQ of 2 yr old. Entrance criteria into Mensa is based on being in the top 2% for your age...so how many other 2 yr olds have been measured to figure that out??? Interestingly this is very good PR for Mensa isnt it.
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 May 2009 at 7:38pm
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what i find really interesting is how they tested - cause she knew lots of facts - capitals, shapes, of course many more than the average kid, however, knowing facts doesn't make you intelligent. just makes you good for pub quizes!
probably more to it than that though i guess. i'm so cynical |
Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 01 May 2009 at 7:53pm
It is very interesting, I saw it on the news earlier. Although Ashleigh can also spell her name out loud  And sing the alphabet song... but after watching the news clip about it, I asked her what the capital of NZ was and she said "I dunno" lol  ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 05 May 2009 at 10:36pm
The Stanford-Binet Intellience Scale was used to measure her IQ which is a pretty well standardised test and has norms for 2+ years ... I do find it interesting that they said her strength was memory, as it would make you think she maybe just knows lots of facts... However, the IQ test they used has a high level of both reliability and validity so I suspect she's a clever wee dot  ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
SimSam wrote:Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 06 May 2009 at 9:23am
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I saw that on TV and thought...yeah, I could get Tom to do that....He can count to 12, say most of his alphabet, twinkle twinkle, ring a ring a rosies, recognise his letters and numbers and "recognise" a few words.....It would be easy to "train" him to know capital cities etc but I think he is just becoming my trained monkey LOL
Actually he is starting to grasp the concept of counting (well, he knows the difference between 1 and 2...ie close 1 eye...now close both eyes and he will say "2 eyes shut!"
I think tom is a smart cookie..but I am biased. he just loves learning and you tell him something once and he will bring it up a few weeks later. |
Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 07 May 2009 at 3:31pm
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yeah kids are like wee sponges and can easily learn lots of stuff like that eh... I think the stuff they showed on TV was probably what they thought people would see as pretty amazing... however, the test they used looks at lots of other areas which make up IQ not just knowledge... i.e visual spatial perception, working memory, quantitive reasoning and so on... stuff that can't just be trained...
"two eyes shut" - that's sooo cute!
and I agree it would be easy to just train things like capital cities - if I knew them myself! I'm sooo crap with that kinda stuff, how embarassing a two year old knows more than me ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: Natalie_G
Date Posted: 08 May 2009 at 2:39pm
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Wow what a clever girl.
(Arianne will be a member too hehe)------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: missy_girl
Date Posted: 18 May 2009 at 11:14pm
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Clever wee sausage.
I think Zoe should be accepted too. She can count to twenty in english and maori, she knows her colours in both english and maori, thanks to Dora she knows a wee bit of spanish. Zoe can also spell her name, draw smiley faces, say sh*t, and knows the best way to get a bikkie is to say 'mummy is beautiful'. ------------- Michelle http://lilypie.com"> 
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