Knowing letters

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

DS turned 2 in May and I've noticed over the last month or so he's been pointing out letters and either saying their name or their sound. I haven't done any work at all on teaching him letters so I was quite surprised. I'd say he knows 2/3rds of the letters.

I've just had to retrieve a coin from his mouth so I'm not saying he's the brightest spark I'm just wondering if he's particularly young to know these letters?

I've read that knowing letters 'by rote' is nothing to be proud of, I'm not sure what that means though? He can't sing the alphabet song, I've only sung that to him about twice.

I'm not really sure what I'm asking, I'm not particularly interested in drilling him or pushing him or anything, but obviously I'm interested to know about how he's developing.

And yes, he is my PFB.

Thought all that pretty irrelevant without what else he knows- numers only up to 12, all colours, all the usual shapes, all the different vehicles (sport car, jeep, bulldozer, car transporter etc) but his vocab is way less than a lot of his friends, he has only just started putting 3 words together whereas a few of his friends speak in sentences.

Don't even know why I'm asking really, I've just been thinking about how most of my friends and my sister were 'G&T' (not saying DS is!), Oxbridge etc, and they are all perfectly average now. I barely scraped my A Levels and didn't even go to uni ha!

Just interested I guess!

Sounds like my now 3.5 year old DS. He knew all letters lowercase and capital by 2.5, and could read the majority of three letter cvc words and write them by 3. He's now 3.5 and has switched his love of letters to numbers, and is adding double figures and doing simple multiplication, he points out which numbers on houses are odd and even too!
He's started teaching his younger brother who is almost two, his letter sounds, little one knows about 8 consistently.
DS1 goes to preschool three mornings a week, his key worker says he is a very bright inquisitive child, but hadn't mentioned being gifted. Xx

Just play with him, read appropriate books with, and to him as much as possible. Go to the park, show him animals and birds, sing with him, share construction (Duplo), colouring, jigsaw puzzles or shape-sorters.

If he really knows all those vehicles, go on to makes of cars, or show him their badges or logos, talk about differences between models.

At that age our DS started 'playing' on our Yamaha organ (both parents were learning to play) and by five he could play tunes.

Keep 'tech' and TV to a minimum, and discuss things with him, but encourage appropriate documentaries (science, nature, space, wildlife, etc.)

He sounds right on track! Try not to compare him to others it won't help.
If you, talk to him, listen to him, read with him, play with him and generally provide quality experiences and a happy home life then he'll reach his full potential, whatever that is.
I have a (slightly older) pfb too who I'm utterly convinced is a closet genius so I know how hard it is not to become caught up in all the developmental milestones. The thing is though.... Most toddlers haven't read the manual so they just do things their own way!!