Toddlers counting and numbers

Hi all. Been a while since I post but curious to know how everyones toddlers are going with numbers.

Ie. What age can they count to 10, 20, 30. Recognise written numbers. And if anyone knows how this differs from males to females.

Muchly appreciated.

How old is he SimSam?

The reason I ask is that Phoenix is OBSESSED with numbers.

He can count to 20 with ease and is currently learning counting to 30 with Mummys help.

He can count backwards from 10 (as long as he says BLAST OFF at the end).

He recognises all the numbers from 1-20 and can say them out loud if I point at them (in random order).

He can count my fingers. Also numbers on the clock.

This kid counts and repeats numbers every minute of his waking life. He is number crazy.

He's not quite there with the alphabet but he's getting pretty good at a few of the letters.

Can anyone say Accountant much?

He's been trying to count to ten since about 15 months I think. He mastered that fairly quickly, but in the last 2 months he has really got it stuck in his brain. Like if we go the supermarket, hes pointing at the prices of things and telling me the numbers.

The only reason I was asking is that his playcentre teacher was absolutely blown away by him today (he's the youngest of the kids in the 2-4 section at playcentre), shes had to make him clocks and she said he's getting other kids to count more often. His teacher was just over the moon, as she said it was unusual for a boy.

What we have found awesome is that we bought him a magnadoodle (remember those!) for christmas, and hes been getting me to write numbers down so he can recite them back to me.

Tara, Tom is the same. He recognised numbers at about 15 months and could count to 10. He then started showing me all the numbers at the supermarket on prices etc. Now at 2.5 he can count to 20 (though he leaves one number in the teens out each time...and its a different number). He can count to 30 if I get him over the hump of 20. He recognises all numbers up to 12 written...havent tried any others...he may well know them.

He also knows his alphabet, can recognise all letters in upper and lower case. Can spell Tom, James and Nic, recognises ALL the names of his daycare teachers and most of the kids...ie he can go and get their name card and give it to them. he has started recognising small words when reading.

His teachers are also blown away by it.

I'm very proud

We do a lot of reading at home and he loves Numberjacks and word world which help.

He is OBSESSED!!! He would far rather play with magnetic letters than cars.

Tara - Ella is the same...has been counting to 20 (sometimes misses a couple) for a while now...and counted to ten very early on. She knows her alphabet perfectly too.

Most of her class can do up to 10 (they are aged 18 months to 3 yrs) and a handful can do to 20 no worries.

She has now started letter recognition - we do a letterland programme at daycare and she is doing that reading eggs free trial (on back of tots to teens mag) at moment and mastered thefirst level no worries....even told me I was being tricky tricky when I tried to turn the letters around on her! DOH! Maybe try something like that with him now too - recognition is important (as in seeing it and knowing what number or letter it is) - she can spot the letters (ELLA) from a mile away now.
(btw she is now nearly 3!!)

edited to add - look at some leapfrog stuff - their new text and letter things are awesome!

Edited by Bombshell

TaraandPhoenix wrote: What we have found awesome is that we bought him a magnadoodle (remember those!) for christmas, and hes been getting me to write numbers down so he can recite them back to me.

Lol Kylah does the same!

She can count to 20, read them out of order, spot numbers everywhere. When we are walking, driving or just at home she spots numbers. She can count backward and normally, and i can point at random numbers out of order and she knows them.

She is the same with the alphabet, knows them and reads them out everywhere. She can read Kylah, Car, Mum and Dad

nzpiper wrote: Tom and his magnadoodle are inseparable....it drives me nuts! He NEVER draws himself...its all about me writing words for him.

What magnadoodle do you have?

Kylah has the cars one, she is car mad. It came with inserts that they can draw around and she loves drawing her own Lightening and Mater

ella has a cheapie from $2 shop...has lasted very well i must say!!!

I wondered this too BS. I thought maybe he is just memorising the numbers and I often joke he is no better than a trained monkey..but he DOES get the concept. He is now counting things and knows if you add one more that the number changes. He knows that words mean something too.