I think WOW is the only response! that's amazing and fascinating.
Soz, had you talked about what it might have been like inside before she said allthat?
Damn! Who would have thought? Now thats something you'd normally never find out!
Was just catching up on one of my favorite threads when;
Is this from what she's learned or actual memory, Soz?
(Hi Onyx!)
Think you have a genius of sorts on your hands, soz. Better be prepared, like a good Girl Scout.
Its pretty freaky, eh, like in a movie! <way impressed>
Could it be b/c of what you talked about earlier, that with signing, kids get to communicate much more much sooner than they would in spoken words (which they dont learn until later)? So like, being able to "tell" you much more at such an early age than a non-signing kid would be able to, she could recount to you an experience that other kids, by the time they finally got to learn all the words they'd need to describe it, have long "lost"?
Would be interesting to compare with other parents of signing kids, if they ever had something similar ...
Isn't that cool? I think I've mentioned it before but couldn't remember details -- "ball" is so freaky. As soon as I read the notes I remembered being completely gobsmacked and dashing to write it down.
I don't think we'd talked about it that much at that point. I wish I could remember more, can't say for sure. I do know that I was very surprised, so it probably didn't just naturally evolve from earlier conversations. It could well be the thing of just being able to express herself earlier, when it wasn't as far away as it usually is.
Interesting point about how signing advancing communicating skills to a younger age - thus the potential of being able to reach and convey memories of earlier states. Much earlier and clearer than vocalizing babies. Very interesting hypothesis.
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Watching an Eyewitness video on prehistoric life, she turns to me, shakes her head, and says "this is MUCH TOO INTERESTING!", shakes her head again, and returns to watching, agog.
She can read! Well, she's convinced she can -- she can sit down and read Dr. Seuss' "The Eye Book" word for word, but it's a combination of memory and reading. She's absolutely ecstatic about this, and reads it to herself a few times a day. I always read to her at bedtime, and now she wants to read that book to me first thing. She has just so much fun with it, the last line is "Hooray, hooray, hooray... [next page] ...for eyes!" and she declaims those lines with infinite gusto.
I got a bunch more books for her at the library, including more in that series. She grabbed one and told E.G. and I, "I'm going to read this while you guys are talking." (The book was "Are You My Mother?") Then she sat down on the floor and opened it up, evidently completely confident that she'd figure it all out. It's not one I've read to her before, and she tried it for a while and then came to me sadly and said, "you know what, I need to know what the words are first." (I understood this to mean I have to read it to her first.) She was very disappointed. (She did sound out/ figure out "male" and "female" when reading a bird book earlier today, though.)
At some point she learned that if you tell someone a wish, it doesn't come true. She knows all the ways to speak to me, get my attention, etc., so I was confused the other day when I looked over and she was talking. She saw me and then put her hands over her mouth. When she was done, she looked at me and said rather sternly, "I was making a wish!!!"
Then later she had an eyelash on her cheek, and I took it off and offered it to her to blow off/ make a wish. She did, and said softy (but I could see this time), "I wish everyone in the world was a kid." Then she successfully blew it off. I twitched and said, "Hey! I'm a kid!!!" then I jumped up and did silly hopping around kinds of things. First her eyes got very big, then she started laughing, then we tore around the house chasing each other and being extremely silly for a long time. (Poor kid's been sick again, a cold, hopefully coralled. We'll see. Misses her friends at school. ENT appt. in THREE DAYS, so hopefully this phase'll be over soon.)
Sorry to hear you're having another Sit On Edge and Wait for Expert Opinion To Second Guess episode.
Twenty-two more days of winter.
Hold your dominion.
Sounds increasingly like another Samster in the brain department. Once she starts, I predict lightning acceleration. Beware. I sure hope she feels better soon. I get to see my favorite monsters this week.
Oh, give him a hug for us! Ask him if he remembers "____ funny!"
Quite a story Noddy. :smile:
Will do. I doubt he's forgotten anything, ever.
Noddy, I CANNOT WAIT until winter is over. I mean I like winter! Really! There was a time I was thrilled to see snow. That time, I'm sorry to say, has passed. (Sorry 'cause the damn stuff keeps showing up...)
Well, Chicago...
I know the book "Are You My Mother?" It was one of my son's favorites.
