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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Reminiscence and connections
This lovely BBC article reminds me of my childhood, and someone. But the someone it reminds me of is an adult I didn't know as a child. Memories and connections are strange things.
Also, an interesting little item on child development is hidden in there:
All of a sudden, as with all children, it opened up a world of possibilities (although she kept us amused for months with her conclusion that one is one, two is two and anything bigger is logically "TWOOOOOOOOO!")As we Robert Winston fanatics know, this seems to be borne out by science. Very young children, before they even understand the principle of counting or the words to use, can tell the difference between zero, one, two and 'lots'. A simple game where you hide a number of objects, add or take away an object and then reveal them, shows that before a baby can even sit up, they express surprise at changes in number. Add an item to a group of two or three, though, and they lose interest. This is not unlike the process by which US journalists lose interest in a scandal when it involves more than a couple of chiefs of staff. posted by Michael at 7/26/2005 12:57:00 PM |