Map Skills Revisited

When Julia was 19 months old, she was a country finding master. She could find dozens of countries on a map, and it is super cute to listen to her tiny little voice say the names of the countries.

Tonight, I re-tested her on these same countries, to see how Julia the 8-year-old stacks up against her former self. Let's just say that she hasn't kept up her skills. It's a bit trickier now that she can read, but I ran through the same countries as in the video and only gave her a second or two to find the country. This same map has been on our wall for basically her entire life, and she still managed to find China, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Madagascar, Italy, Iceland, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Iran, India, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Canada, Brazil, USA, France, Russia, UK, Greenland, Philippines and Peru.

Not so fortunate to be remembered, however, were Mongolia, Greece, South Africa, Cote D'Ivoire, Chile, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Egypt and New Zealand. For many of those it was evident that she had no clue where to even begin looking on the map. I guess it's rough when your dad is blogging about how you peaked in life at 19 months.