My six year old can quote parts of her books she's read exactly once, six to twelve months ago. She's not special in that regard. You'd be surprised at just how

My six year old can quote parts of her books she's read exactly once, six to twelve months ago. She's not special in that regard. You'd be surprised at just how much information a kid can memorize - it's the on-demand recall that tends to be more hit and miss, and I'd suggest that's more to do with the sheer amount of new stuff they have on hand all the time. Hard to query the index as it's being rebuilt. But give the kid the right context cues, and they can take off running. My daughter knows Bash. She always stares blankly at the first minute, but with someone able to get her started, she'll be back to writing her CYOA game in about five minutes.