David's Daily Diversions

Early Childhood Development

Aidie is drawing circles. Yes, I know, this seems like a simple thing to you and me, but for 2½ years old, this is apparently very advanced. According to the Denver II test, only 25% of children can do this by age 3.

Once I found this out, I thought I should see where Aidie is in the other test areas. Apparently he's also not supposed to be able to play card games, brush his teeth without help, prepare cereal, understand four prepositions, name four colours, know three adjectives, count five blocks, know opposites, or explain the use of three objects.

I looked for naming the nine planets, operating the VCR and DVD (the latter placed so high he has to do it with the tips of his fingers while standing on tip toes), knowing which primary colours combine to make which secondary colours, and feeding pets without help. Those don't seem to be included.

I'm sure that bragging about one child is bad form. Sometimes I just can't help myself. It doesn't make us love him any more than we would otherwise. It's just exciting to see him do these things.