Oh, mother* can you spare 30 seconds?
My kids have a science experiment due any day now, and have just settled on something they think is pretty neat. But I need your help (and the help of your kids if they are willing).
First please visit this page. You’ll see this:
When you have a moment, click on “Go to first test”. As soon as you see the pictures of animals, read them aloud (focus on the pictures, not the words). When you have reached the last animal, hit “Finish” and write down your time.
Then hit “Continue Experiment”, and as soon as the second test loads, name the animals you see, trying to ignore the words written across their bodies. Hit “Finish” and write down this time.
Then send me your two times, either as a comment to this post, or as an email to: fairlyoddmother@inbox.com . If your kids do the test too, please let me know the age of each child and whether or not they can read yet.
Thanks so much from a big procrastinator and her kids (who aren’t too pleased that she signed them up for a homeschool science fair without their knowledge).
I’ll accept submissions until Sunday in case you have other family members who want to try it out too. For every result you send me, a fairy gets its wings. Or something like that.
*fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and total strangers are welcome to participate too!
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First time: 11.6 seconds
Second Time: 19.386 seconds
There ya go! Don't say I never did nothin for ya.
Age of child : 41
First time: 9.714
Second time: 19.958
That was weird!
First time: 9.295
Second time: 20.192
When Josh gets home from school I'll have him do it too. 🙂
First time: 15.56
Second time: 24.557
set 1 21.18
set 2 21.87
First Time: 19.719
Second Time: 17.359
21.031 and 21.796
First – 12.172
Second – 17.951
I'm 34 if it matters.
First: 12.324
Second: 16.318
age:40
Age of child: 59
First: 13.536
Second: 20.685
First time: 14.399 seconds
Second Time: 20.236 seconds
oops btw age of child 12 years old.
That was very interesting..
First time. 14.706
Second time. 22.34
Age 30 something..
That's so weird!!
Age of child: 40 (blech)
First time: 8.2
Second: 18.0
Jamie was:
First: 7.0
Second: 18.6
I'm 29.
heh.
34.
10.94
13.3
Forever 29! ok, for the sake of science, I'm 32 🙂
1st 18.945
2nd
20.231
Wow, my times are really long compared to the others. I blame sleep deprivation.
Set 1: 22.685
Set 2: 23.661
Oh, and I'm 44. Beats the alternative.
Oh, golly, I'm slow on the first, too. 16.823 first. 20.137 second.
Interesting, very interesting.
1st – 11.665
2nd – 16. 726
I'm 38, btw. 🙂
Alex age 6:
48.229
33.02
He can not read (except sight words)
Abby age 8
20.742
25.259
And she can read if she puts her mind to it 😉