04-20-2011, 06:16 PM
Lew Zealand wrote:
AFAI have seen, every kid is that smart if adults talk to them and answer their questions. They will also pick up things you have said only once or twice and parrot them back to you in reasonable context,...
I can certainly voucher that from my job as a pre-K teacher's aid. Kids do repeat what they hear without understand the context. Currently, we have an exceptionally smart 5 year old who is also exceptionally smart-mouthed ... he has every verbal comeback a much older child can't even imagine.