We have some of the standard learning-letters-and-numbers toys: blocks with letters and numbers on them, big rubber bath letters and numbers, etc. Exie has always shown a strong interest in these. At first, she just sucked on the bath letters, and some favorites emerged: in the letter category, ‘E’ was tops, and in the number category ‘8′ reigned supreme. But this was long before she was talking (Exie was about 8 months old), so perhaps she just liked their lime green color.
A few months ago, she started learning the names of these strange hieroglyphics that adults use. ‘E’ has maintained its position as letter favorite, but ‘9′ stole the number favorite position. When we’re out and about, Exie often exclaims, “E!” – this means that she’s found an ‘E’ in a sign somewhere.
Now she can identify all the capital letters and most of the lower-case letters, as well as the numbers from ‘1′ through ‘10′ (and sometimes ‘12′ since those are on clocks).
letters & numbers
We have some of the standard learning-letters-and-numbers toys: blocks with letters and numbers on them, big rubber bath letters and numbers, etc. Exie has always shown a strong interest in these. At first, she just sucked on the bath letters, and some favorites emerged: in the letter category, ‘E’ was tops, and in the number category ‘8′ reigned supreme. But this was long before she was talking (Exie was about 8 months old), so perhaps she just liked their lime green color.
A few months ago, she started learning the names of these strange hieroglyphics that adults use. ‘E’ has maintained its position as letter favorite, but ‘9′ stole the number favorite position. When we’re out and about, Exie often exclaims, “E!” – this means that she’s found an ‘E’ in a sign somewhere.
Now she can identify all the capital letters and most of the lower-case letters, as well as the numbers from ‘1′ through ‘10′ (and sometimes ‘12′ since those are on clocks).