Can a 4-year-old have extensive knowledge of pop culture?
We’re starting to think something’s going on with Camille. While playing Cadoo with the kids tonight, she displayed some pretty amazing knowledge of current events even we didn’t know. When she got one right, we suspected it was luck. When she got four right, well, we began to scratch our heads.
We kind of expect Abby to be on par playing. And she’s really good, too. But, gee whiz, a 4-year-old?
Cadoo is a game played by four people 7 and up. It’s sort of a blend of a couple of different games, such as tic-tac-toe, Pictionary, charades and Trivial Pursuit. Now, Camille can’t quite read yet, but she is showing strong signs wanting to learn by memorizing sentences in books and trying to mimic her sister. So we’ll read the questions and she gets to answer.
I don’t remember the exact order of these questions, but she got all four over the course of a couple of games (they weren’t repeated). Test your knowledge:
- Pick the hardest substance: A) teeth; B) bones; C) gums
- Pick the holiday that is earliest in the calendar year: A) Labor Day; B) Independence Day; C) Memorial Day
- Pick the youngest singer: A) Brandy; B) Christina Aguilera; C) Britney Spears
- Pick the group with the most members: A) 98 Degrees; B) Hanson; C) *NSYNC
Should we be worried?
Oh, and I forgot to mention that she’s pretty darn good at the charades part, too. She acted out hide-and-go-seek to perfection.
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Herb, I understand.
Sarah, aged 2, already can count to 15 in Spanish. I can’t do that, so I tried to show her daddy had some brains by counting in French.
Rather than be impressed, she simply learned to count in French, too.
I think you’ve got a whiz kid on your hands! She’s said some things in the past that have amazed me. Better start saving for Harvard now!!
I agree – that’s pretty amazing. Maybe she has ESP?? In which case… be afraid, be very afraid!!!
xoxox,
Anna
I’m amazed at how much they absorb. And not being around them all day, we don’t know what they pick up at school.
Pat, they’re teaching them simple Spanish in day care. I love that. But we fall short on languages in schools. We talk about being global, yet unless you as a parent on your own make a commitment to get language lessons, the kids will quickly lose that sponge-like ability to learn. Sad really.
I have a cousin who teaches French and speaks something like five languages, including Mandarin Chinese. It’s possible.
He did go to Harvard.
Wow, I’m not even sure about some of those. Amazing!!