The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy: Early reading: first word recognition

The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy

This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family. I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become. Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Early reading: first word recognition

Tiarnan is twelve months old, and yesterday night he rather surprised us. He noticed a word "pet", written down and, without anyone else saying anything, he clearly said: "Pet". Now, I don't know about you, but that seems to me to be rather more than coincidence: of all the sounds he could have made at that moment, he made the one sound, clearly enunciated, which happened to be the word in front of him.

He hadn't repeated a word said by others since no-one had said that word. It was his own initiative and response to the stimulus in front of him.

The only conclusion we could come to is that Tiarnan had recognized the word - and so read it. Uncanny.

(If you would like to read more about Tiarnan, or his gifted brothers Fintan, three and Ainan Celeste Cawley, seven years and two months, a scientific child prodigy, then please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html I also write of gifted education, intelligence, IQ, child prodigy, child genius, adult genius, baby genius, savant, the creatively gifted, gifted adults and gifted children in general. Thanks.)

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posted by Valentine Cawley @ 12:54 PM

The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy

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Name: Valentine Cawley

Location: Singapore

As a child, I had many gifts...perhaps too many - and this leads to the characteristic problem many gifted children face: what to do, when there is so much you COULD do. I resolved the issue by doing each of them serially throughout my life. I had gifts in science, writing, art, music, acting and academia...and so my life has demonstrated each of these, at some time. However, in the modern world, those who specialize, and focus all their efforts on one thing, tend to win through. In the light of this I have written two books, which are being prepared for publication. I was a child in a time when being gifted was not something people spoke about: it was not a widely recognized situation - at least not in my background. Nothing special was done therefore, to help. It is my wish that all in that position, these days, receive the support that is needed, to become the best they can be. I have been an actor, a writer of two books, a government physicist, at age 17, the founding editor of an Arts magazine, at 22, and a performance artist whose work was covered by CNN (interviewer: Richard Blystone) and Reuters. However, my greatest achievement is to have fathered three sons.

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