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Meet the smartest toddler in the US who has been accepted as the youngest member of Mensa with an IQ of 146

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Meet the smartest toddler in the US who has been accepted as the youngest member of Mensa with an IQ of 146

Meet the smartest toddler in the US who has been accepted as the youngest member of Mensa with an IQ of 146

Meet the smartest toddler in the USA who has been accepted as the youngest member of Mensa - with an IQ of 146.Two-year-old Kashe Quest can identify all 50 US states, recognise elements on the periodic table and is even learning to read, all before she's even started nursery.Parents Sukhjit Athwal and Devon Quest decided to test her IQ when they noticed their daughter's impressive memory.They were astonished her score was 146.

The average IQ of an American is 98.The gifted tot had mastered the alphabet, numbers, colours and shapes before she was just 18-months-old, putting her miles ahead of kids her age.Proud dad Devon said: "She approaches everything with passion and curiosity - that's just her disposition to the world."It's always been that way for the longest time; not only wanted to know what but the why. "That's something really cool - how the world works, why it works that way and then she attempts to apply it." Most children her age are still learning how to count to ten, but Kashe, from Los Angeles, California, USA, can go up to 100.She also knows more than 50 signs in sign language and is learning Spanish.Devon said: "Parents all think that their children are great but when she was born the doctor had said wow her eyes are really attentive."Devon and founder of day care programme 'The Modern Schoolhouse' Sukhjit face unique parenting challenges as their daughter has an increased level of understanding.Law student Devon said: "The communication definitely has to be clear to work and she's going to hold you accountable, "So if we say Monday we're going to get ice cream on Friday, you better show up and go get ice cream Friday, or you're gonna hear about it!"One night, he read Kashe the children's storybook 'Goodnight Moon' and pointed out the illustration of a crescent moon.He said: "A week later when driving at night time, she's in the back in the car seat saying crescent moon. "I didn't think of anything at first but then I looked back and she was pointing at the sky and it was a crescent in the sky.  "That was one of the first times when I'm like that seems a little bit different."By 18 months she was using like seven to eight word sentences and that kind of grasp of language is not something you see at that age."This was about the time that a child psychologist recommended the toddler for an IQ test.Dad-of-one Devon said: "They started at base level and as the child gets questions right they get more difficult, "We were there for two hours, so you can imagine a two-year-old taking the test for two hours - that's how high she was scoring." Along with her intelligence, Kashe also demonstrates an enhanced emotional understanding."We always championed her process - so when she's working to a logic games she figures it out we don't say that's so smart, we say 'wow you really worked hard'," Devon said."So one time I was like trying to open up a jar of pickles or something and she said good job I'm so proud of you!"The family-of-three do puzzles regularly together, but it is important to them that she is able to live her childhood the way she wants to.Devon said: "It's a balancing act because you definitely want child stimulated but we go at her pace never forced her to do anything.  "She wakes up on the weekend and she wants to go over elements or states so we go at her pace and she really enjoys the process of learning."

Meet the smartest toddler in the USA who has been accepted as the youngest member of Mensa - with an IQ of 146.Two-year-old Kashe Quest can identify all 50 US states, recognise elements on the periodic table and is even learning to read, all before she's even started nursery.Parents Sukhjit Athwal and Devon Quest decided to test her IQ when they noticed their daughter's impressive memory.They were astonished her score was 146.

The average IQ of an American is 98.The gifted tot had mastered the alphabet, numbers, colours and shapes before she was just 18-months-old, putting her miles ahead of kids her age.Proud dad Devon said: "She approaches everything with passion and curiosity - that's just her disposition to the world."It's always been that way for the longest time; not only wanted to know what but the why.

"That's something really cool - how the world works, why it works that way and then she attempts to apply it." Most children her age are still learning how to count to ten, but Kashe, from Los Angeles, California, USA, can go up to 100.She also knows more than 50 signs in sign language and is learning Spanish.Devon said: "Parents all think that their children are great but when she was born the doctor had said wow her eyes are really attentive."Devon and founder of day care programme 'The Modern Schoolhouse' Sukhjit face unique parenting challenges as their daughter has an increased level of understanding.Law student Devon said: "The communication definitely has to be clear to work and she's going to hold you accountable, "So if we say Monday we're going to get ice cream on Friday, you better show up and go get ice cream Friday, or you're gonna hear about it!"One night, he read Kashe the children's storybook 'Goodnight Moon' and pointed out the illustration of a crescent moon.He said: "A week later when driving at night time, she's in the back in the car seat saying crescent moon.

"I didn't think of anything at first but then I looked back and she was pointing at the sky and it was a crescent in the sky.

"That was one of the first times when I'm like that seems a little bit different."By 18 months she was using like seven to eight word sentences and that kind of grasp of language is not something you see at that age."This was about the time that a child psychologist recommended the toddler for an IQ test.Dad-of-one Devon said: "They started at base level and as the child gets questions right they get more difficult, "We were there for two hours, so you can imagine a two-year-old taking the test for two hours - that's how high she was scoring." Along with her intelligence, Kashe also demonstrates an enhanced emotional understanding."We always championed her process - so when she's working to a logic games she figures it out we don't say that's so smart, we say 'wow you really worked hard'," Devon said."So one time I was like trying to open up a jar of pickles or something and she said good job I'm so proud of you!"The family-of-three do puzzles regularly together, but it is important to them that she is able to live her childhood the way she wants to.Devon said: "It's a balancing act because you definitely want child stimulated but we go at her pace never forced her to do anything.

"She wakes up on the weekend and she wants to go over elements or states so we go at her pace and she really enjoys the process of learning."




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