Preston and Maxwell are both so clever!

Yesterday Preston went to try out Small Poppies preschool, which is part of the Gifted Education place. We went with an open mind, fully expecting weirdos and pushy parents. Luckily it wasn't really like that at all, and Preston had an extremely fun time with a class room full of fun science activities and edu-games to occupy him. It was actually really interesting, and while quite advanced, was good for Preston. He will be going for a weekly session now.

His mind completely exploded when he saw this - a whole box of his favourite multi-sided dice! He proceeded to put them in a row with all the 3's showing face up, which made all the teachers go 'ahhhh-hhhhaaa'.


Maxwell is a little clever-clogs too! He can sit up now - here is some blurry photographic proof (he's a bit unstable as a beginner). I'm so proud of him - 4½ months and he can sit and roll. AND, he has started doing his baby sign language for 'milk'! What a clever boy!

The baby sign books say not to really bother teaching it til around 10ish months when they have good motor control of their hands, but I've been doing the milk sign to Maxwell pretty much since birth, just for fun. He has been responding excitedly to it for about a month if I do the sign to him, and in the last few days he has started doing it himself when he is hungry! Initially we thought it was just fluke or co-incidence, but it definitely seems more deliberate. For example, last night I asked him if he wanted milk, and he looked at his hand and did his sign.