Poll: Can your 5-year-old spell "potato"?
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I remember going to EPCOT and calling it APRICOT when I was six. Its all learning. There are five year olds, like my little cousin, who can read fine at five, but not spell after the fact. Or like my husband as a child who can spell anything and won several spelling bees. *chuckle* Then there's kids like me saying APRICOT. Different children take different paces to learn; it will all balance out eventually.
For a five year-old, I'm gonna go with not a big deal. Besides, a United States Vice-President couldn't spell it either.
I like it, this guy is basically saying this girl is really stupid and no one is doing anything to help out, including him.Evilvikingking said:
Dude, the girl is young and she's learning, she gets reaction from saying certain sounds so she repeats them.
The reason she changed from a "b" sound to a "p" is that she was told it was wrong the first time, so she switched it to see if that was right, once again, she got a reaction.
Not a good or bad reaction, but a reaction none the less, and she liked it. She'll be doing more phrases soon enough.
I distinctly remember that I wasn't even sure of my own name when I was 4. It's mostly because I didn't really care, plus I wasn't in school so I didn't have to write it every day at that point. That's why they go to school at 5, so they learn.
Honestly, it's pretty sad. I taught myself to read before I was 3, and learned to speak clearly and in complete sentences at 1.5 years. I cannot stand what the standard for intelligence has become in this pathetic country, the U.S. If only I were old enough to fucking move. (16)
what kind of question is "can your five your old spell potato" to an Irish man? my friends son (who for some reason i take care of most of the time) can spell potato,Guinness,and Leprechaun. yeah that's right, i went there.
It's okay, even Dan Quayle can't spell Potato. That said, I clicked on this really hoping we would be in for a reliving of the Dan Quayle incident.
Anyways, it sounds like this little kid is just being... you guessed it, a little kid! Regardless of whether or not she can correctly spell potato, she undoubtedly doesn't believe it's spelled P-"Mashed". She's just being silly. That said, I remember my parents being proud of me in first grade because my teacher reported to them that I was one of the few children in our class who spelled "monster" correctly. I don't recall how old I would've been in first grade, but undoubtedly I was older than five, and if the majority of first graders in my class couldn't spell monster, then it should not be surprising if a five year old can't spell potato.
Anyways, it sounds like this little kid is just being... you guessed it, a little kid! Regardless of whether or not she can correctly spell potato, she undoubtedly doesn't believe it's spelled P-"Mashed". She's just being silly. That said, I remember my parents being proud of me in first grade because my teacher reported to them that I was one of the few children in our class who spelled "monster" correctly. I don't recall how old I would've been in first grade, but undoubtedly I was older than five, and if the majority of first graders in my class couldn't spell monster, then it should not be surprising if a five year old can't spell potato.
its not a big deal if a kid cant spell or pronounce neither should parents force kids(especially how to pronounce) nor is it a matter of intelligence, its more a matter of maturity of the kid in that age
though the kid should know what mashed potatoes are, and things that are common
though the kid should know what mashed potatoes are, and things that are common
yeah now babies and kids drink milk and watch cartoons all day, back in the days after my meal, it would be mostly pig in a honey-apple sauce, i would lay next to the fireplace and read Hesse while listening to medieval music performed on the hurdy gurdydelanofilms said:
