As I had mentioned earlier, little Zo Ee loves the company of older kids but not necessarily she will always get a positive response from the other party. Boys will usually pushed her away and found her annoying. Also most older boys will not have the patient nor will be gentled with her, despite her tender age. Last month, little Zo Ee was almost in tears and came complaining to me, "Koh-koh! Koh-koh!" while pointing her finger at the older boy (about 10 years old). That boy actually screamed at her "Go away!" and gave her a little pushed when little Zo Ee persistently wanted to see what he was reading and trying to befriend him.
Some older girls will find her cute and will have the patient and understanding in tolerating little Zo Ee who is still lacking in sharing skill and her impatient attitude. Some older girls will be reading along with her, enjoying her company and little Zo Ee got the chance to talk to them too; naming objects in books and surrounding in turn.
From these observations, Mummy is surprised that little Zo Ee is pretty on par with these older kids (age 4 or 5) in-term of general knowledge, and of course little Zo Ee's reading skill is very advanced too. Little Zo Ee can read sentences easily with understanding and she is either on par or far advanced than most preschooler / kindergarten kids in this skill. She may not understand some new big words but nevertheless she is able to read and pronounce them correctly with her natural phonics skill. Also, since Mummy stopped counting on Zo Ee's vocabulary at 15 month old-at least 800 words then, Mummy's wondering how well advance is she now as she's always surprising Mummy with her words used. Eg. Little Zo Ee was asking Mummy, "Oh oo.. where is the lizard hiding?" when the lizard when into hiding or little Zo Ee was telling Mummy, "Zo Ee's swimming...backstroke." and surprisingly little Zo Ee was laying on her back pretending to swim in the bathtub then.
And some months ago, while little Zo Ee was playing at the playground, Mummy and Daddy came across a 3 year old boy, who was speaking in short sentences just like our little Zo Ee. Of course, some 3 year old may be very articulate but we believe that boy we met was an average 3 year old. Initially, Daddy found it funny, as he's comparing the way that little boy talked or his description; just exactly like our 17-month old Zo Ee ; word by word in short incomplete sentences, eg. moon.. white.. round...above the sky. Thus, we have a rough idea that our little Zo Ee was actually speaking like an average 3 years old then. But now at 20 months old, little Zo Ee is already speaking in full sentences most of the time, eg. "The moon is up above the sky." She can describe in perfect sentences since 19 month old, thus we believe her language skill has already exceed a normal average 3 year old by now.
Some older girls will find her cute and will have the patient and understanding in tolerating little Zo Ee who is still lacking in sharing skill and her impatient attitude. Some older girls will be reading along with her, enjoying her company and little Zo Ee got the chance to talk to them too; naming objects in books and surrounding in turn.
And some months ago, while little Zo Ee was playing at the playground, Mummy and Daddy came across a 3 year old boy, who was speaking in short sentences just like our little Zo Ee. Of course, some 3 year old may be very articulate but we believe that boy we met was an average 3 year old. Initially, Daddy found it funny, as he's comparing the way that little boy talked or his description; just exactly like our 17-month old Zo Ee ; word by word in short incomplete sentences, eg. moon.. white.. round...above the sky. Thus, we have a rough idea that our little Zo Ee was actually speaking like an average 3 years old then. But now at 20 months old, little Zo Ee is already speaking in full sentences most of the time, eg. "The moon is up above the sky." She can describe in perfect sentences since 19 month old, thus we believe her language skill has already exceed a normal average 3 year old by now.
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