Thre year-old writes letter to cameron. I don't think so.

[Chunkles]

I have two children, a girl and a boy who (in my humble opinion) are very intelligent. They were both walking by ten months and could both speak clearly by the age of two. However, they could not write until they went to school aged four. So I am very sceptical of a three year-old that can write a letter to Sainsbury's let alone know where to send it.

OK. I know what's going on here. The parents write the letter, put in a few deliberate typing errors and pretend it's from the little girl. It then miraculously appears on the mother's blog.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16812545

[Ankou]

if you open the link and see her signature, i would suggest that the 'typed' letter was not done by the 3 year old and she would not be able to 'write' a liegible letter.

thats not to say a 3 year old can't do it, but i'm with chunkles on this one.

[starone]

Point one, I taught my daughter to read and write before she went to school, because that is what she wanted to do. The school was not best pleased as they had their own methods of teaching. My son, however, has an IQ of 160 which I believe is classed as genius and was not a bit interested in my teaching but soon learned when he went to school. Point two, a male friend of mine buys Tiger Bread because he thinks it is macho. I don't think he will be buying Giraffe Bread.

[ummmm]

How can bread ever be macho?

I'm 50/50...the Mother was probably telling her what keys to press.

[horseshoes]

Writing a letter at 3? Pffff This is what you call gifted (LOL)

http://www.telegraph....ing-Achievements.html

[Ankou]

if she was gifted she'd say it cannot be called tiger bread or giraffe bread because:

a: it is not specifically produced for giraffes or tigers, and
b: it is not made from tigers or giraffes

and is therefore in contravention of the trades description act 1968, subsection 7a and 7b, and directive 2005/29/ec the eu unfair commercial practices directive.


pah! typing silly letters and putting x's all over it is mere childs play.

[ummmm]

Wow...walking at 3 weeks. That is talent...lol

[Ann]

Obviously the mother is an employee of Sainsburys and had now had a nice little bonus for all the free publicity! - old cynic that I am ;)

[DTCwordfan]

My youngest could read and write her name and basics too and do multiplication by 4 - with the logic...."Seven times five, Dad, thirty five and that's seven groups of five," being a response from behind my driving seat when testing her elder sister on multiplication. She was reading all the teacher's books for the kids with the phonetic stresses when she went to school to the staff's amazement - and then floored them with their first play. One kid couldn't make it at the last minute, so she stepped in and performed his role as well as hers, with one tiny stumble. The Headmistress got up at the end and in her closing remarks thanked her, pointing out that she not only knew the missing kid's part, she could have played any part...

However, I say I would be a little suspicious about a 3 year old writing to Sainsburys - or David Cameron. There's a Waitrose in Witney, not sure about Sainsbury's but I would think so....

[DTCwordfan]

sorry read and write basics at three.....

[starone]

Loved your link horseshoes. Trying to picture a three week old baby walking and an eight week one talking. Nothing short of a miracle or two.

[B00]

I'm amazed how many of our ABers children could do sooooo well prior to going to school too :P

No one, simply no one has said "well actually, my child's as thick as a plank, and still is actually", now THAT would be refreshing ;-)

[Ankou]

b00, my children are averagely bright. but their dad is a twonking thicko.