A two-year-old boy from Ghana, Isaiah Gyamfi, is getting international attention as a child prodigy who knows how to count in at least four different languages and how to solve complex math problems.
Isaiah started showing extraordinary intelligence at the age of five months, his mother, Jazelle, told the Mirror. She said she noticed him enjoying learning one day when he was watching a video on her phone on YouTube, and then she decided to put on a video about Japanese numbers.
Jazelle said Isaiah listened to the video repeatedly until he could recite the numbers back-to-back. He learned to count up to 40 in Japanese by himself in just less than 24 hours.
When Isaiah was just four months old, Jazelle, who is an early childhood education teacher based in London, had already started creating a learning environment for him. She put numeracy and literacy flashcards in their living room so Isaiah could learn through visuals.
Months passed by, and Isaiah always surprised both his parents when he pointed out the correct letters and eventually sounded them out using phonics. He also practised writing numbers and solving math problems by himself.
Some weeks later, he would sound them out using phonics.
Jazelle said, “I was first taken back and thought. Did my eight-month-old just call out letters? I remember just laughing nervously, but I was so excited and wanted to hear it again.
“I thought maybe it sounded like he said the numbers and letters, but he said something else. But he continued to say it, which confirmed what I thought.
“I remember telling his dad that when he got home from work, I took Isaiah to the wall where the letter and number stickers were. When he called them out, we both stood there just laughing.
“We were first-time parents and just felt so proud and excited.”
Jazelle also noticed that her son enjoys learning different languages, so she showed him a video in Spanish and gave him Spanish flashcards. He now speaks several languages, such as English, Spanish, French, Italian, Twi, Yoruba, and Japanese.
Jazelle began to capture Isaiah’s learning achievements and share videos on an Instagram account for Isaiah. Several people are amazed at how Isaiah is enjoying learning, as evident in the videos.
