Always so amused by these...
I get these updates from BabyCenter.com every week or so about Thayana, and sometimes I like to comment on how Thayana is doing compared to the milestones mentioned in the update. Here is the one I received today:
If your child can count to ten or higher already, is he a budding genius? Well, he certainly has a good working memory. Two-year-olds are just beginning to gain an understanding of numbers; they often learn to count by reciting the names of numbers from memory long before they understand the relative quantity of three or nine. Basically they start knowing the difference between "one" and "anything more than one." But hey, it's an important start!
Thayana has been able to count to ten and say all of her ABC's since before she was two years old. She will notice a group of objects and count them without me having to prompt her. In addition to this, she knows the sounds of almost every letter of the alphabet, generally only getting confused on "U". Of course, part of this is because she has a SUPER intelligent older sister to learn from. But I will take it for what it is! And I hope that she knows (even though I ALWAYS tell her) that Mommy is SO proud of her.
As far as Tariah goes, she knows the sounds of every letter and can write them. My goal was to make sure that she had this down before she went into Kindergarten so that she would have a head start. I never put her in pre-school (mostly because it was so impossible financially), but my mom never did with me either. I'm not worried. I think that as long as parents work with their kids on these things like they are supposed to, then it will all fall into place. And the responsibility doesn't stop once you send them to school to be taught. If the parent is not supporting the child with his or her homework, then the child will be also be missing out and will chance falling behind. I feel this is what keeps most children from being successful in public schools. The teacher can only do so much during the time that they have the students. It is the parents' responsibility to back that teacher up at home.
Just my two cents. Whether anyone (including myself) wanted them or not. :-)
If your child can count to ten or higher already, is he a budding genius? Well, he certainly has a good working memory. Two-year-olds are just beginning to gain an understanding of numbers; they often learn to count by reciting the names of numbers from memory long before they understand the relative quantity of three or nine. Basically they start knowing the difference between "one" and "anything more than one." But hey, it's an important start!
Thayana has been able to count to ten and say all of her ABC's since before she was two years old. She will notice a group of objects and count them without me having to prompt her. In addition to this, she knows the sounds of almost every letter of the alphabet, generally only getting confused on "U". Of course, part of this is because she has a SUPER intelligent older sister to learn from. But I will take it for what it is! And I hope that she knows (even though I ALWAYS tell her) that Mommy is SO proud of her.
As far as Tariah goes, she knows the sounds of every letter and can write them. My goal was to make sure that she had this down before she went into Kindergarten so that she would have a head start. I never put her in pre-school (mostly because it was so impossible financially), but my mom never did with me either. I'm not worried. I think that as long as parents work with their kids on these things like they are supposed to, then it will all fall into place. And the responsibility doesn't stop once you send them to school to be taught. If the parent is not supporting the child with his or her homework, then the child will be also be missing out and will chance falling behind. I feel this is what keeps most children from being successful in public schools. The teacher can only do so much during the time that they have the students. It is the parents' responsibility to back that teacher up at home.
Just my two cents. Whether anyone (including myself) wanted them or not. :-)