Elayna update

[shadesong]

3 hours.

Seen by boss, department chair, acting department chair, a few other professors and grad students; no negative reactions.

Entertaining herself quietly.

Being such a good girl!

Lunch in an hour; pizza and spaghetti. Then we'll go to the campus bookstore and see about getting her a copy of the Guiness Book of World Records. She requested one in the car this morning.

EDIT: I 100% believe in providing my kid with all of the research material she expresses an interest in. Yeah, even more advanced stuff, like the animal classifications I mentioned earlier today. The drive to learn should always be encouraged!

Comments

[eyewrist.livejournal.com]

She's awesome :o) I can only hope to have such a neat kid someday!

[blergeatkitty.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, I had one of those when I was her age. I still know all sorts of weird facts from them. Unfortunately, I'm sure that most of my weird facts expired in 1988, but all is right with the world if Robert Pershing Wadlow is still the tallest man ever, and if that picture of the 750-pound-each twins on their motorbikes is still in there.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I'll have to take a look... if she lets me at it. Kid LOVES random facts, and has a steel-trap memory.

[blergeatkitty.livejournal.com]

Your kid is totally me when I was younger. ;-)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Me too. The good parts.

I used to use encyclopedias as choose-your-own-adventure books, sorta, just leaping from topic to topic...

[theano.livejournal.com]

Heh. I still do that. :)

[docorion.livejournal.com]

Heh. My sisters thought I was weird; I'd sit down, pick up a random encyclopedia volume, open it, and start reading. Read for a while, grab another volume. Rinse, repeat.

Come to think of it, I *am* weird...

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

So, does it mean that I was raised in an extremely weird household, because NO ONE thought it was weird when I did that? :D

[docorion.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah! I mean, c'mon; that's just not right!

(My sisters are also Smart Gurlz, they just didn't have that particular weirdness).

[dr-nebula.livejournal.com]

World almanacs are cool for the fact loving. I always keep a few around for when I'm in that pure geek mode.

[gentleeleos.livejournal.com]

*smile* sounds like me when I was younger. World Almanacs and books of quotes were favorites...also, at her age, anything about mythology, Greek, Celtic, Norse, Egyptian and otherwise... I kind of ate up a topic, then moved on to the next one. Come to think of it, I still do that...

You're a lucky mom. She's a lucky kid.

[sk4p.livejournal.com]

Agreed. The Guinness Book is excellent for smart kids. Speaking as one. ;)

[catalyxt.livejournal.com]

She sounds like a Montessori Kid :) It's beautiful to hear about a kid who *likes* learning. Especially after talking to one of my friends who teaches 7th grade. This post was good to see right now. :D

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

She is a Montessori Kid. :)

She's sprawled on the floor reading the Guinness Book of World Records now.

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

So many times I have overheard at the library "Mom, can I get...?" "No. It's too hard for you." I am becoming numb to the flabbergasted disappointment.

[karnythia.livejournal.com]

That always pisses me off. One of my favorite b-day gifts to give is books, and twice now I've had to convince other parents that a tough read is still a good read. Not to mention the part where their reading skills will improve.

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Hmph. One of my very few memories before the age of 9 (when I had my concussion) is of sitting at the table at my grandmother's house, asking her the meaning of words by spelling them out of the book I was reading. "Difficulty level"? What is this *level* you speak of? I read whatever caught my fancy. If I didn't know a word, I looked it up (unless someone was conveniently available and not-busy like grandma was. :)

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

It chills me that people may feel so worried about self-esteem (that seems to be the only explanation, other than perhaps laziness?) that they don't want their children to be challenged.
"I weep for the future."
(Actually, I just tremble.)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Sheer idiocy.

[entropic-om.livejournal.com]

The drive to learn should always be encouraged!

Huzzah!

[wytchchyld.livejournal.com]

If you can find it (used, probably?) ... She might like The MacMillan Visual Desk Reference. It's like a mini encyclopedia with a zillion pictures.