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Chinese 2-year old reads 2,000 characters

June 9, 2009 No comments yet

We found an interesting Scientific American video segment about a Chinese 2-year old who reads and recognizes over 2,000 Chinese characters.
Li Tianqi started reading at 10 months old. While American toddlers are just starting to learn their ABCs, Li Tianqi mastered fifth-grade level reading before turning two.
Maybe she needs an iPhone so she can start [...]

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Two year old joins MENSA

June 9, 2009 No comments yet

In April, high IQ society MENSA admitted its youngest member ever. Elise Tan Roberts from London, England scored in the top 0.2% of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale test when she was only two years and four months old.
Elise Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, north London, has an IQ of 156 and can recite the English alphabet, [...]

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Announcing Chinese Bean Cards

June 9, 2009 1 comment

We’re proud to announce the launch of our first iPhone app: Chinese Bean Cards.
Download the app today at iTunes.

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