article_snippet: Michael McBride, however, is more of a help than a hindrance to Michael McBride mother – making sure his mother – gets the right change at the checkout.
article_snippet: Michael's mother Emma Greenwood (right) said Michael's mother Emma Greenwood (right) started to realise Michael McBride intellectual skills when Michael McBride began learning words and numbers from Michael's mother Emma Greenwood (right) iPad when Michael McBride was just 18 months old
article_snippet: , now Michael McBride calculates Michael's mother Emma Greenwood (right) bills .
article_snippet: Tests found Michael McBride had a reading and spelling age of eight and one expert was amazed at how Michael McBride could converse like an adult.
article_snippet: Michael McBride has never had any formal tutoring and instead started to teach Michael McBride numbers and words on Michael McBride mother’s iPad.
article_snippet: Michael McBride quickly learnt how to read eight-letter words and now corrects mother Emma, 39, if she misreads Michael McBride bedtime story book.
article_snippet: Yet Michael McBride family say Michael McBride also loves riding Michael McBride bike and splashing in puddles like any other young boy.
article_snippet: Mother-of-two Emma, a postal worker from Yate, Bristol, said: ‘We don’t push Michael McBride because We are content to let Michael McBride be Michael McBride –
article_snippet: Michael McBride can read to Michael McBride and experts said Michael McBride scores for logical thinking 'hit the ceiling' when tested .
article_snippet: ‘Michael McBride is quite fascinated by numbers, and also loves big words.
article_snippet: Emma and husband Anthony, 33, a chef, first noticed Michael McBride’s talent when Michael McBride was 18 months old and started to learn from educational games on the iPad.
article_snippet: But soon Michael McBride was asking questions Michael McBride family couldn’t answer.
article_snippet: Michael McBride’s grandmother Jenny Greenwood took Michael McBride to a specialist in Birmingham and tests found Michael McBride had a reading and spelling age of eight – and an IQ of 145.
article_snippet: Michael’s grandmother Jenny Greenwood said: ‘In the last few weeks Michael McBride has been obsessed with the planets, learning all the names and where they are.
highlights_snippet: At 18 months Michael McBride began learning words and numbers from mother's iPad .
  
highlights_snippet: Parents Emma, a postwoman, and Anthony, a chef, add Michael McBride still enjoys 'splashing in puddles' like other boys Michael McBride age .