The youngest science author
Every child comes to reading and writing sooner or later. Ainan Celeste Cawley, 6, however, did it sooner than most.
The first signs of his reading ability began when he was eight months old. We had made no effort to teach him, but somehow he had identified letters of the alphabet, on his own.
That is not what this post is about however, for it is not reading but writing that concerns me. Ainan is a singular child in that he prefers to write, over read. Though few in years, he has written more books than he is old. They are short books, admittedly, fashioned of folded A4 paper, and scribed in pencil, but little books they are. Their subjects are very "Ainan", to make his name an adjective: Chemistry, Physics, and the like. They are all, however, his own words, thoughts and doing. No-one helps him. They are the spontaneous result of his own mind.
One day, perhaps, he will write books that others will read. I wonder what those readers would think if they knew his first books were written when he was five years old?
(For a general guide to posts on Ainan Celeste Cawley, six, a scientific child prodigy, go to:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html )
4 Comments:
You are very, very lucky to have genius children. Is he a member of MENSA?
Yes. However, I think anyone who has a child is lucky: it is a beautiful experience being a father or mother - and a great responsibility to nurture and cherish the child.
Presently, he is not a member of MENSA. He has been invited to meet with them - but we have yet to do so. Our first communication with them didn't go well - as you will see in another post, since the person answering the phone was very rude. That rather put us off. Others at MENSA have since been nicer. We will think about it.
Best wishes to you.
Upon remarking to a friend who was a MENSA member, that I might want to join, he said, "I have been to a few meetings and if I could actual meet the people who don't come to the meetings, then I think it would be worthwhile."
Hi Bonnie,
That is both funny and sad. As for Ainan, he would have joined Mensa long ago, but the person who answered the phone when we called was shockingly rude and very dismissive. I don't know what her problem was...
Tell your friend that many interesting people probably never join Mensa in the first place.
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