At what age did you dd/ds count to 10?

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What age-ish do toddlers learn to count?

Ds has started to do this recently,count to 10. Which we thought was amazing only because we don't count with him really beyong three so we're not sure where he's learnt it from.

My dd can, she's 2yrs 4 months.

ds started when he was about 2 yrs 2 months. We were also surprised because it was all of a sudden but was probably because we cout the stairs on the way to bed.

My dd can almost do it in the right order and she is just 2.

Ah love the stair counting.
WWW do you count with your dd or did she pick it up from somewhere else?

very eary, hes now3,5months and couting more than 100

An accountant in the making Trace!

can he recite the numbers or can he actually count up to 100 objects?

either way pretty good going

ah well his dad

is a accountant

yes he can also now them buy looking,

he couts door numbers when were in car, and road signs

I think dd learnt it at nursery mm.

DS1 - some time shortly after 2nd birthday

DS2 - at about 21 months

Ds- was about 2 years when he first counted to ten i was very impressed. He can also count to 10 in spanish thanks to dora

He is now 3.5 & can count to 20

DS started counting 1,2,3 at age 18 months. He is now 20 months.

He counts his toes, magnets on the fridge, peas, when he goes upstairs he counts the steps, anything !

We only speak to him in our native language, so he can't count in English yet.

DH is an engineer but I am crap at maths, so hoping he has the maths gene

DS1 could recite his numbers and alphabet very early on but DS2 (2.4) has been able to read his numbers and alphabet since before he was 2. He really shocks me the way he can read a telephone number or something, he learnt them on the room doors on the way up the stairs He can now tell you how many fingers you are holding up.

He watches countdown and has learnt loads from Carol!
I'm crap at maths

Ability to count at this age is not really math, I don't think. It is memory work, like reciting the alphabet. But ability to do sums, eg "if I take away one toy from these 3, how many do i have left?", is more along the lines of math skill.

Dd learnt it from nursery - 2.5 years. Lots of kids can do it earlier, others later

Definitely by 2 for both, same with letters/sounds. Do bear in mind there is a huge differnece between being able rote count and recognising number correspondence though.

DD could count to 10 by 18 months, now she counts evrything.

DD has just started and she's 2.5 but struggles to get them in order sometimes.

about 18 months but we did count all the stairs every time we went up and down which was a LOT!

DD could recite numbers to 10 from about 18-20 months. She could actually count properly around the age of 2-2.5 years, gradually building up.

my DS is 3 and a half and he still can't!!!! It's interesting to me, because he's a bright enough boy and very observant in other ways but has just never been interested in numbers - if I'm trying to count up to ten, say stairs or whatever, he's bored by the time I'm half way through and is talking about something else - eg "look mummy, what's that white mark on the bricks? Is it chalk?"

Perhaps I should try and get a word in more - but I figure he's not stupid, he'll get it.

Ds2 counted to 10 at about 18 months and is just counting to 20 now. He turned 2 last week, he speaks clearly from 1-10 but you can almost make out the numbers 11-20. I think that he hears ds1 (6years) counting all the time for school and we count steps and stairs all the time too. He also recognises circles, triangles squares and stars. But ds1 couldn't count to 20 till he was 3.5 years but he is one of the top academically in his school class now so I don't think it matters how early they learn.