Wednesday, May 14, 2008

reading

Reagan can read! Well, not exactly. She doesn't sound out words yet, but she recognizes tons of words. Rick was testing her last week and found that she can "read" over 70 words. We write them on her doodle thing, and she tells us what the word is. Here are some of the words she can "read"...
  • The numbers one through ten
  • Mommy, Daddy, Reagan and Kennedy
  • All of the planets, as well as galaxies, moon, sun, stars and space
  • At least 20 animals
  • All four seasons
  • Some of the days of the week

There are more than those, but I'm not sure where Rick put the list. Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Rick wants me to try to teach Reagan to sound out simple words by the time she is two. We'll see how that goes... My Aunt suggested we have her tested after reading this article. What do you think?

6 comments:

Linz said...

Holy rippers that is amazing. She should be tested. I'm not kidding she's a genius!

barb said...

hey, whether she is tested or is a genius or not, she will always be amazing to me.

Anonymous said...

I would love to see some video of her amazing vocabulary. Not that I don't believe you, but I think that kind of stuff is amazing and am curious how she does it.

Stephanie said...

I was actually going to say the same thing, that she should have her IQ tested, before I even read the article. Not because the IQ really matters, but because it would be interesting. It's sounding more and more like you SHOULD home school her. She is going to be bored in regular school!

Stephanie said...

I mean, not because the IQ score matters to YOU...

Aunt Alice said...

I'm sure that none of us think that Reagan's IQ is all that important - but I think it would be really beneficial to identify her strengths so that she will always be challenged and have learning be as much fun as it is now! She seems to have an endless sponge thirsting for new things......... and it has been an AMAZING development to watch.
She certainly makes me feel dumb - tsk tsk