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SunsetDreams

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12. Reading flash cards is very different
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 12:11 PM
Feb 2013

from what you appear to making this into. Something that Beyonce did not claim.

Recognizing a flash card image is absolutely possible at one year. Laurian Feb 2013 #1
I believe her Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #2
Recognizing flash card images isn't the same thing as reading Nevernose Feb 2013 #48
It is my understanding that children of the deaf do learn to sign SheilaT Feb 2013 #51
Kids with Down syndrom auntsue Feb 2013 #54
I think that it's entirely possible that she can recognize flash cards. Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #3
Not only recognize the image, but read the word Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #7
Great - let her read her dad's lyrics sometime Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #4
He is a terrible person. bamacrat Feb 2013 #5
Indeed. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #6
Who is her father? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #25
Rap star Jay-Z KamaAina Feb 2013 #33
Oh I get it. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #36
"Bill O'Reilly contingent." Number23 Feb 2013 #58
O'Reilly doesn't like Jay-Z, therefore anyone else who doesn't like Jay-Z is with Billy Boy... octothorpe Feb 2013 #69
O'Falafel doesn't seem to like any rappers. KamaAina Feb 2013 #72
Oh yeah... octothorpe Feb 2013 #85
Yup. KamaAina Feb 2013 #86
A man who has 99 problems but Mitt ain't one. eom tarheelsunc Feb 2013 #98
So according all of you she should just go ahead Agschmid Feb 2013 #56
Beyonce did not say what the title of your OP says SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #8
So...she doesn't know how to read but she was reading Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #10
Reading flash cards is very different SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #12
Why did the author call the baby a "brainiac" if she was doing something "highly possible"? Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #13
I guess my daughter is a genius as well snooper2 Feb 2013 #17
You appear to be making it seem that those SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #19
If one can read a flashcard, one knows how to read Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #21
It's really not that big of a deal SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #23
"read" means different things in different contexts fishwax Feb 2013 #55
I don't doubt that the kid might be able to say TlalocW Feb 2013 #9
Correct. When a child sees a balls and says "ball!"... Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #11
Are you really going to be this petty? leftynyc Feb 2013 #14
+1000 Laurian Feb 2013 #24
The OP does seem especially... worked up about this. Wonder why?? Number23 Feb 2013 #59
Vocabulary and speech in a 12 month old child is very limited. bighart Feb 2013 #15
What you say may be true about some or even most 12 month olds, but there are Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #20
This is not outside the realm of possibility. My niece kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #16
omg a mother bragging about her kid Enrique Feb 2013 #18
Really what is with the Beyonce Haters here?? Way too teaparty petty these postings lunasun Feb 2013 #77
I doubt her kid can read. Apophis Feb 2013 #22
So is Blue Ivory Carter an Indigo Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #26
if by that you mean "asshole," it's too early to tell Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #37
You think Indigo children are assholes? lunasun Feb 2013 #79
Another thread for hating on Beyonce? gollygee Feb 2013 #27
I know, right? obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #30
it's because she faked her whole pregnancy bettyellen Feb 2013 #44
What in the world are you talking about? Number23 Feb 2013 #60
She used a surrogate and some pillows. bettyellen Feb 2013 #65
I take great comfort in believing that you are probably the only person in the world Number23 Feb 2013 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #68
Thanks for that. Wendy Williams is about as reliable as the town drunk after Number23 Feb 2013 #78
I used pillows because the prosthetic was so phony looking bettyellen Feb 2013 #81
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #83
Dumb would be thinking surrogates contribute to the genetics, LOL. bettyellen Feb 2013 #82
I showed pics of the baby in case you were going to next suggest that she paid someone Number23 Feb 2013 #87
no, your post clearly argued there'd be mixed genes, which is ignorant bettyellen Feb 2013 #89
There was no "argument" about mixed genes. Number23 Feb 2013 #90
So your post about their genes was about something you bettyellen Feb 2013 #91
I can understand your need to deflect Number23 Feb 2013 #94
so you responded to my future post, LOL and not to what I posted. Fucking brilliant excuse... bettyellen Feb 2013 #95
It's not too hard to figure out where bored people with more time than brains will go Number23 Feb 2013 #96
it's been fun for me! cracks me up that it could bother anyone so much, LOL. bettyellen Feb 2013 #97
It's possible to read flash cards at 1 years old. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #28
Beyonce didn't say whay you're accusing her of in your OP obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #29
I learned to read before I properly learned to talk. hunter Feb 2013 #31
I hear this from parents all the time. RandySF Feb 2013 #32
Could Blue Ivy be Autistic? KamaAina Feb 2013 #34
I was reading before I even entered kindergarten. RebelOne Feb 2013 #35
So was I. I was reading Dr. Seuss Books at the age of three. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #43
That is what is wrong with today's kids. RebelOne Feb 2013 #74
It kind of sucked because my name sort of rhymed with "computer" and that is what kids taunted me smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #75
"My child is a genius" - Every Tedious Parent in Recorded History Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #38
Ain't that the truth! Orrex Feb 2013 #40
Way too many parents believe their child is gifted. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #93
ESPECIALLY if said kid is in the Lucky Sperm Club like Beyonce/Jay-Z! alp227 Feb 2013 #46
Let's hope she teaches her mom then Myrina Feb 2013 #39
I agree! I like Beyonce, but look at the grammar she used... PennsylvaniaMatt Feb 2013 #45
Take it from a veteran grammar nazi: Robb Feb 2013 #47
You never heard of a dialect? RudynJack Feb 2013 #53
"Have a time" is a fairly common idiom in American English. (cf, Lefty Frizzel) Bucky Feb 2013 #63
I hope that the baby doesn't read some of the nasty shit people posted on DU about her mom Orrex Feb 2013 #41
You should edit your inaccurate thread title. cyberswede Feb 2013 #42
My kid started speaking at 5 weeks Generic Brad Feb 2013 #49
I want to run out of the room at top speed mokawanis Feb 2013 #50
After an embarrassing cross country bus trip when I was two, Warpy Feb 2013 #52
first time parents JCMach1 Feb 2013 #57
Recognising flash cards isn't necessarily "reading"... Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #61
Based on the last Beyonce song I heard, I'd believe that child is already writing song lyrics. Bucky Feb 2013 #62
Winner! Egnever Feb 2013 #64
Let us know when she learns to lip sync FSogol Feb 2013 #66
lol +1 octothorpe Feb 2013 #71
A co-worker of mine has his daughter using some program. octothorpe Feb 2013 #70
I've seen ads for those. I always wonder what the big rush is. n/t winter is coming Feb 2013 #76
Big deal guardian Feb 2013 #73
What is it with people treating this Beyonce like a god? MrSlayer Feb 2013 #80
I love Beyonce cash__whatiwant Feb 2013 #84
Funny clip. Captain Stern Feb 2013 #88
I don't believe that for a minute. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #92
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