Zo Ee at 2years 10months old. (10/3/2011)
Zo Ee decided to do some maths today. She was telling Mummy,
" Mum, I want to do some maths, showing me the work book of her choice." We don't have any specific schedule in doing anything, but little Zo Ee has all the freedom to decide what she wants to do each day. Just coincidentally, she found these books from the book shelf. She did many pages for about an hour before feeling too tired and wanted to nap
(not her usual self). After her nap, immediately, she wanted to continue doing maths again. This time, she sat for almost 2 hours; covering many topics and finishing page after page. Her hands were tired from colouring and writing; so she switched between her right and left hand. She was still very enthusiastic and was demanding for more but mummy's too tired to continue. Little Zo Ee was not happy but after some negotiation, she finally decided to watch VCD.
Some of the Subtraction sums done by Zo Ee.
Addition, graphs, comparison-heaviest and lightess etc
She is able to write most numbers and letters without much practice. She actually figured them out as if she was drawing some numbers and letters pictures. Occasionally, Mummy will show her the proper way to write but most of the time, she will not allowed me to hold her hand, only limited to showing her while Mummy writes on another piece of paper.
Filling in the missing numbers. She even drew some bells on the roof of the house, saying "Some bells are hanging by the roof."
Zo Ee's very persistent, determined and very self-driven in learning something new. She will not give up easily although her hands were sore from both writing and lots of colouring. She didn't colour as well as she normally does because she just wanted to finish the challenge on each page before moving on to another page etc... Same as for reading, just yesterday, she spent the whole afternoon; about 5 hours reading non-stop. She picked up those ladybird books from the book shelf; reading one after another, from the easiest to the most difficult. Occasionally, she came over to Mummy, asking for clarification.
Math update:Zo Ee has been playing/doing some online maths on this IXL website; a few times before our last trip in November and this soon became an occasionally event since January 2011 (2years 9months old). Initially, she started with Pre-K, then she wanted to do Kindergarten and First Grade instead. Mummy thought they may be too difficult for her but she insisted. After a few sessions, Mummy was surprised that Zo Ee actually knows many(most) of the kindergarten and first grade skills already and was mastering new skills at great speed. Everyday, she will choose some new skills (not wanting to repeat any) from the list, and Mummy will show her one or two examples. Surprisingly, she is able to get most answers correctly. We didn't subscribe to this website, limiting to 20 free questions daily, still Zo Ee is mastering new skills everyday without the need for repetition of the same skill. Although, we have not touch on any addition or subtraction on this website (Mummy thought they will be too difficult for her.) , still she managed to finish most First Grade skills at ease. Soon, at 2years 10months old, she wanted to do Second Grade Math instead. Again, Mummy was hesitating to let her but surprisingly after a few trials, Mummy found that Zo Ee already knew quite a number of the skills there too...; simple fraction, reading clocks, days of the week, months, seasons, read a calender, more, less, repeating patterns, skip counting, number lines up to 100...etc (Zo Ee actually knows her numbers up to 1000 at 2years 9months old, and is mastering thousands now; not perfect yet but is doing pretty fine most of the time.) She actually stopped asking for this website for about 3weeks before venturing into maths again today, on math workbooks instead. So this is Zo Ee's unique way of learning, persistently wanting to learn certain skills until she has had enough, she will stop for some time. And past few days, we have been reading on this big book of nursery rhymes , so big and heavy, that even Mummy found it too heavy to hold. It took us 3 nights to complete (because Mummy was too tired, again if given the choice, Zo Ee will want to finish the book in one night.) On the 4th night, Zo Ee browsed through it all by herself, pages after pages, stopping only to tell Mummy details of rhymes that interest her the most. So Mummy is foreseeing that she will not want this book for sometime, for months maybe. ..........................
Then
Before two years (23month old) she completed her IQ test book (age 3-5) in a month. She answered most orally and circling the correct answers, nevertheless she was enjoying each challenge very much and will insist Mummy to complete a few pages with her everyday. Mummy is surprised that she actually understood and was able to answer most questions correctly then. And now, almost a year later, instead finishing a book in a month, she will want to finish one workbook in a day if possible. Also she is able to fill in the answers by herself.
