I feel quite embarassed to be posting this... so embarassed that I have in fact namechanged . I really don't want to be seen as a pushy "look what my DS can do already" type of parent, but I have been wondering whether DS's behaviour is normal, and what if anything I can do to help / encourage him.
DS is 2 (24 months) and appears to me to be very very good at maths / numbers related things. He definitely does not get this from me, so I am a bit at a loss as to where to go with it (if anywhere!). He can count to 50, tell the time (if a clock has numbers, not roman numerals), will walk along the street pointing out house numbers ("look mummy, it's house number 26...") and the same with bus numbers etc. He can sit with his duplo and say things like "I have 6 blocks and I am taking away 2 blocks so now I have 4 blocks". He's quite verbal too, but not in a stand-outy way. The numbers thing is getting really obvious though, and people (other mums mainly) often comment / make him do sums when we're out and about, which I find a bit uncomfortable, as if he's being viewed as some kind of freak show. He has pretty much picked it all up himself (and from Numberjacks!), I haven't pushed him at all.
3 years until he starts school.... it seems like ages, and he's so keen I wonder if I should be working with his love of learning just now. Or would that be ridiculous with a 24 month old? Please be gentle, I feel like a bit of an idiot posting this, and please just say if you think it's not that special... I can take it!
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numbersnamechange · 07/09/2010 17:03
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