Four Beans

Chinese 2-year old reads 2,000 characters

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:57:47 +0000

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 learning English, too.

Chinese Toddler Reading Prodigy

Two year old joins MENSA

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:44:10 +0000

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, count to 10 in Spanish and name types of triangle.

BBC featured a short video segment with a reporter quizzing Elise on the capitals of various countries.

“What’s the capital of Jamaica?”
“Kingston.”

Now if she only had Chinese Bean Cards, she could have been top 0.1% and scored over 160.

Two year old in MENSA

Announcing Chinese Bean Cards

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:01:50 +0000

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

English-Chinese Flash Cards

Download the app today at iTunes.