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When babies are cute as well as smart, we can't help but sit up and take notice.
Dad (who may be a social studies teacher, according to some comments on the video) calls out the states one by one and little Lola points to the right one on the map, followed by the Smarty Pants dance. We adore the way Lola celebrates herself at about :20 seconds, even without a prompt from Dad.
We are not going to chew over how this toddler manages to do it, but let's admit it: She's far better than most of us adults in finding Oregon. Nothing against that lovely north west state, mind you, but many are clueless about basic geography.
Enjoy the video and know that we'll be spending the rest of the day humming the Smarty Pants dance.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 3)
7-05-2010 @ 9:06AM
lafindov said...TOOO cute!!!!
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7-07-2010 @ 8:30AM
bobbygoodwood said...Well whoopdee freakin doodah, a dancin baby.
7-05-2010 @ 9:35AM
baileysno1lala said...That is absolutely adorable!! Made my morning....
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7-07-2010 @ 9:54AM
dee1224 said...I LOVED this!!!! What a little angel!!! Made me laugh and made my day!!! :0)
7-05-2010 @ 10:59AM
Lara said...What a great video - very cute!!
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7-05-2010 @ 11:00AM
BiGg MaMa!!!!!! said...I hope the negative comments above are not connected to the smarty pants dance video!
The baby is cute and smart, love it!
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7-05-2010 @ 11:35AM
kathie coelho said...Isn't this one of the most refreshing videos seen in a long time? If her dad is a social studies teacher, then I wish there were more like him. Imagine the patience and love that went into teaching this baby how to find the states on a map. I believe he also has taught Lola that learning can be fun and how to reward herself with her Smarty Pants Dance. Absolutely adorable!!!
Any negative comments made about this video just confirms how ignorant people can be and how jealous they are that a baby knows more than they do.
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7-05-2010 @ 11:50AM
Heather said...That is just too cute!!!!
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7-05-2010 @ 1:01PM
Kristina said...awww :) how adorable!!
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7-05-2010 @ 12:46PM
Bruce said...Lola is not only intelligent but quite cute as well.
My daughter, Jennifer, now in her early 40s, had a similar talent when she was an infant. At age 2-1/2, she knew 85 flags well. I define "knew" here as having two parts: 1) When I would say, for example, "Jennifer, can you show me the flag of India?" (from a group of about 100 flags on a poster), Jennifer immediately would point to the flag of India. This is similar to Lola's skill. 2) When I, for example, would point to the flag of Malaysia and say, "Jennifer, what country does this flag represent?", she immediately would reply, "Malaysia." Jennifer's favorites were the flags of Barbados, Norway, and Kenya. We did not push Jennifer to learn flags. It was only one of her favorite activities, especially at bedtime.
We wish Lola a happy life, one filled with curiosity, knowledge, and love.
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7-06-2010 @ 9:26PM
colleen said...I am interested to know if your daughter maintained that knowledge? Did she know the flags when she was 10, 20, and now? It seems it could slip away if not practiced.
7-06-2010 @ 9:00PM
DON said...that is adorable - young childrens minds absorb so much information - we would read nursery stories to daughter age 3 - after few times - you could point to each picture with nursery rhyme n' she would recite it perfectly !!!
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7-06-2010 @ 8:58PM
LF said...cute clip..saw it about two years ago.
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7-06-2010 @ 9:15PM
Moggy said...Yes, my kid could do that too, and at a young age, and then when he was three I found out he had autism. Please take the child to a developmental pediatrician for an assessment. Sorry to be blunt, but the earlier you start the therapies, the better.
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7-06-2010 @ 11:24PM
Carol Stout said...Moggy, I understand your comment about autism especially since it is often a hard problem to diagnose but this does not mean that this child necessarily has that problem. I do agree with you that if a child has that problem the sooner a problem like that is diagnosed the sooner the child can be helped though. I am the mother of a physically and mentally challenged son who is now 28 years old so I do know the necessity of early diagnosis and early treatment. Had I not kept telling the doctors that something was wrong with my son he would not have been diagnosed as early as he was and would not have been able to start receiving treatment as early as he did which was when he was almost 7 months old.
This little girl is very cute and intelligent. We can only hope that she will do well the rest of her life. This was indeed a wonderful ending to my day.
7-06-2010 @ 11:51PM
cazaha said...Moggy, unfortunatelly I agree with you...lets hope Lola has develop well but I work with children with autism and I have seen this many times...its actually best if they get rid of this behavior to teach them to generalize other things. I hope this is not the case for this little girl.
7-07-2010 @ 6:34AM
Carol R said...Ditto on the Autism Spectrum possibility, first thing I thought.....Asperger's.....usually the kids have the behavior of really being over focused in one area.
7-06-2010 @ 9:10PM
Mike S said...That's AWESOME! Great Kids are MADE by GREAT ATTENTIVE PARENTS!!! Get he reading soon.......
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7-06-2010 @ 9:46PM
Dobiemall said...Lola is cute and smart, no doubt...but, am I the only one that thinks it strange that there's a laugh track?
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7-07-2010 @ 7:14AM
n1ghtsn1p3r said...This is a clip from America's Funniest Home Videos. The "laugh track" is just the audience laughing. They ended up winning the $10000 on that episode, according to the comments on the YouTube page.
That was pretty cute though