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I have a little one 33 months old. She's smart as a whip, but sooo stubborn.
She has known her colors and shapes and the ABC song for ages. She can count to 15 easily and 20 if she concentrates. She doesn't just say the numbers but can count objects, so she knows the "one number, one object" idea.
When we started working on recognizing the written numbers and letters, we hit a wall. I did everything I could think of to teach her the numbers, but when you would show her a three and ask what it was, she would say 7 or sometimes green or circle. Then one day, I saw her with a number book sitting alone going through the pages and rattling off the numbers. She's been holding out on us!
Even after she realized that I knew what was happening, she kept it up, except now she grins when she answers.
I honestly have no idea how many letters she knows--a stranger would think she only recognized the first letter of her name, but I know she knows most of them, even if I can't prove it. I'll add here that I'm not pushing her, but she's the kind of kid that wants to know. I plan something, and if she doesn't want to do it, we don't do it. It's a very casual thing, at least until she turns 3.
The other area is potty training. We had her trained, then she just stopped. She won't even sit on the potty now. Except in public places. Mom said she wanted to go potty while shopping, she took her, and guess what, she went just fine. At the library story time this week, she wanted to go potty, went like a champ. But here and at home, she refuses to even sit on the potty. I am at my wit's end.
She has known her colors and shapes and the ABC song for ages. She can count to 15 easily and 20 if she concentrates. She doesn't just say the numbers but can count objects, so she knows the "one number, one object" idea.
When we started working on recognizing the written numbers and letters, we hit a wall. I did everything I could think of to teach her the numbers, but when you would show her a three and ask what it was, she would say 7 or sometimes green or circle. Then one day, I saw her with a number book sitting alone going through the pages and rattling off the numbers. She's been holding out on us!
Even after she realized that I knew what was happening, she kept it up, except now she grins when she answers.I honestly have no idea how many letters she knows--a stranger would think she only recognized the first letter of her name, but I know she knows most of them, even if I can't prove it. I'll add here that I'm not pushing her, but she's the kind of kid that wants to know. I plan something, and if she doesn't want to do it, we don't do it. It's a very casual thing, at least until she turns 3.
The other area is potty training. We had her trained, then she just stopped. She won't even sit on the potty now. Except in public places. Mom said she wanted to go potty while shopping, she took her, and guess what, she went just fine. At the library story time this week, she wanted to go potty, went like a champ. But here and at home, she refuses to even sit on the potty. I am at my wit's end.
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