Isla McNabb, a 2-year-old girl from Crestwood, Kentucky, United States, has achieved the extraordinary feat of becoming the youngest-ever member of Mensa, a high IQ society. Guinness World Records affirmed her exceptional intelligence, noting that Isla scored in the 99th percentile for her age group on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. This child prodigy has demonstrated cognitive skills that defy her young age and shows a promising future.
Mensa International is the largest and oldest high IQ association in the world, with more than 140,000 members in more than 100 countries. To become a member, individuals must score at or above the 98th percentile on a standardized IQ test. This means that they are in the top 2% of the population in terms of intelligence.
According to Guinness World Records, Isla’s parents noticed that she had very focused attention from the moment they brought her home. Although she was clearly very smart, nothing seemed out of the ordinary until she started learning. When she was just a year old, Isla started teaching her colors, numbers and the alphabet.
“When she was seven months old, she would choose certain items from picture books when asked,” said Isla’s father, Jason McNabb.
According to Guinness World Records, On her second birthday, Isla McNabb received a dry-erase writing pad from her Aunt Crystal, paving the way for an astonishing revelation. Jason, Isla’s parent, wrote the word “red” and to their surprise, Isla read it effortlessly. Subsequent words such as ‘blue’, ‘yellow’, ‘cat’ and ‘dog’ followed, and each received the same confident response. The discovery expanded beyond the tablet, when Isla’s parents came across multi-colored toy letters strategically placed around the house, with words like “chair” next to a chair and “sofa” next to the couch. Even their cat friend Booger was not spared, accompanied by the letters ‘CAT’. Isla’s precocious literacy left her family in awe.
“A psychologist who tested Isla specializes in gifted children,” says Isla’s father, Jason McNabb.
“He says he doesn’t normally test children over the age of two, but made an exception after hearing about her talents.”
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