Who needs preschool?
The youngest American member of the high IQ society Mensa is a 2-year-old whiz kid with a genius-level score of 146, according to a report.
Kashe Quest, of Los Angeles, Calif, began learning to read at 1.5 years old, speaks Spanish and can identify all 50 states on a map, her mom, Sukhjit Athwal, told KTTV in a segment that aired Tuesday.
“We started to notice her memory was really great. She just picked up things really fast and she was really interested in learning. At about 17, 18 months, she had recognized all the alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes,” said Athwal, who has a background in education.
The pint-sized prodigy can also count to 100, knows sign language and can identify elements on the periodic table by their symbols, she said.
Quest showcased her skills by correctly identifying the compound Phosphorus and the state Mississippi on flash cards, according to footage that aired on Good Day LA.
To qualify for Mensa, a person must score at least 132 on the Stanford–Binetare IQ test, which is considered in the top 2 percent of the general population, according to the group’s website. By contrast, the average American has an IQ of 100.
But Athwal said she wants to make sure her daughter “has a childhood” and that she doesn’t “force anything on her.”
“We’re kind of going at her pace and we want to just make sure that she is youthful for as long as she can be,” she said.
“At the end of the day, she’s in that toddler stage. So she very much is still a normal two-year-old where we have negotiations, we have tantrums — we have everything.”