- By Babyslime
- 13 November, 2008
- 40 Comments
This child is amazing. I’m not kidding. Check this shit out!
Tempest comes out of her room with this drawing and says, “Do you like it?”. At first I look it over and see a few words and I’m like, “wow that’s awesome!”
Then I look twice and see words like “butterfly” spelled correctly. Her order of writing is funny because she hasn’t yet understood the whole write-in-a-straight-line thing and sometimes, to conserve space, she writes on two lines like most other kids do…
But… the spelling! Small sentences!
I sat there with my jaw hanging open and she’s looking at me expectantly for approval. And I’m thinking, “This is no only-just-five year old work!!”.
I asked her where she learned to spell this and she says, “I learned from reading my books”.
OMFG.
And with my translation if you can’t read the multi-lined words. But you’ll see the spelling is impeccable.
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Very cool! I could read everything but “sheep.” She is definitely writing above and beyond most K’s I’ve worked with. They usually stick with the same few words they are familiar with from journal writing…I’ve never seen one attempt, much less correctly spell all the words…particularly “butterfly.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a K student write a multi-syllable word at all. Her writing level is at least at a late 1st grade level.
Wow… thats awesome
Wow! That’s fantastic!
Tempest is freaking BRILLIANT! I cannot believe she is five, let alone recently turned five. I was “advanced” for my age, and I seriously doubt I could have done that until first or second grade.
This is totally random, but doesn’t the second picture look a teeny weeny bit like you? The first doesn’t at all, but I had to do a double-take on the second!
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=549295
Heh, I don’t think so at all! I even asked Curtis and he can’t see it either.
Holy ****!
That’s amazing!
Awesome! Well done Tempest! 🙂
wow!! that’s fantastic. 🙂
That’s awesome. You should frame it and hang it up for her. She’ll be proud to see it everyday.
She really is amazing.
Whoa. That is amazing. I’m stunned that came from a 5-year-old.
Wow, that’s… more than awesome.
She is so awesome!
wow, that is great!!!!
Wicked!
Wow!! That is beautiful and wonderfully amazing! *applauds Tempest*
Way to go, Tempest! Ah, the positives of ASD…the savant features.
When my now 18 year old son entered Kinder, he did so only with the bribe that he would learn to read. After the third day, he was finished with K and declared it a waste of time and stated he would not return. When asked why, he told me that they had not yet taught him to read and that was what Kinder was for. I remembered telling him he would learn to read in Kinder and in his ASD concrete thinking brain, he thought it would be on the first day. When I explained to him that it would take awhile, this was unacceptable. He taught himself to read THE NEXT WEEK. He left Kinder reading 4th grade books and comprehending them.
By high school, he had won local mathematics competitions and academic decathlons because of his ASD photographic memory and phenomenal visual memory. He was marked down on math tests and accused of cheating because he never listed the steps in the equation. He could solve it in his head.
He is a freshman in college and again was accused of cheating on a calculus question. While the other students pulled out their scientific calculators and began the arduous task of breaking down the problem piece by piece, he solved it in his head within 30 seconds.
His younger years were very frustrating because of his inability to understand social interaction and interpersonal relationships. He still generally lacks insight into other people’s motivations and ulterior motives, which leaves him looking naive and sheltered. However, he developed a quick sense of humor and a great personality and is the leader amongst his peers. People are drawn to him based on his wit and intellect, but it took a long time to get there.
He told me just two years ago (age 16) of his epiphany. He had JUST REALIZED that when people raised their hand in class and asked the teacher a question about an assignment or problem, it wasn’t just to irritate him or stall the teacher…it was because they truly did not understand. He was amazed by that discovery. He believed that since it was easy for him, it was easy for all.
ASD is amazing and frustrating, but always unpredictable. The savant features will leave you speechless many, many more times over the ensuing years.
That’s amazing. Thank you for sharing all that with me.
Her reading has been astounding me and I’m so incredibly happy that she loves it so much. Reading was such a huge part of my youth, and I’m so thrilled it will be a big part of hers, too.
Yay Tempest!! 🙂
That truly is spectacular for a five year old! Her letters are really impressive, and I am blown away by her spelling. My eight year old still can’t quite get “butterfly” correct!
that’s awesome. her drawing and handwriting are both really good. And her spelling astounds me. that’s so cool.
I love it.
Yay! That’s very impressive.
Cool!
SMRT!
… wow! you make ’em cute AND smart! 😉
edit: also going to add, I love how the L’s and D’s are all lowercase 😉
I cried. She’s amazing.
Wow, she is amazing. Does she have Hyperlexia? We’re pretty sure our 3 year old does. She’s been reading since around 2.
You have a gifted little girl there!
When I spoke to the autism chair about all her quirks, particularly the speed at which she suddenly picked up reading she said it’s almost certainly hyperlexia, although now her understanding of the words is beginning to catch up, especially after the last increase of meds.
That’s amazing!! It’s awesome that none of her letters are backwards except her one “z.” Most of the kids I work with around her age really mess up the “d and p” letters.
I also love that kids around that age write words that continue onto numerous different lines. They have such a creative way of working things out.
Congrats to your kiddo! You are doing an incredible job!
Yay, mama!! Hip, hip, hooray to Tempest!!
Small moments. That’s what it’s about.
This.
That is so wonderful. IT made me grin from ear to ear.
That is awesome! Definitely one drawing you save (I never know which ones to save, there are so many!).
That’s fricking awesome :D.
Holy crap, you have a genius child.
Fucking right on, girly! That’s awesomeness! FIVE!
WOW! i only needed “zebra” and the bottom line translated.
tempest knocks my socks off. 😀
I love little kid pictures. They’re so cute.
WOW! She is doing wonderfully! Itsn’t it neat when a child that can sometimes be so frustrating (trying to get the diagnosis) – just comes out of the blue with something that totally knocks your socks off and blows you away!?
Thats so cool Heather!
It’s stuff like this that is the absolute reassurance that we’re doing the right things with her. Her progress has been incredible. She’s the best reader/speller/writer in the kindergarten classes put together. :-O