Indulge me....is it unusual for a 2.3 year old to be able to...

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• count objects (not just reciting the numbers)

he is 2.3 and can identify where there are up to 4 things randomly (i.e. not where I'm just adding 1 extra of an item each time).

• recognise almost all letters (he gets mixed up with K's and Z's) - has been doing this for a while and has started 'reading' individual letters a lot when we are out and will see a word with say two d's in it and two a's and start saying 'two d's, two a's etc.

I'm honestly just curious - is this unusual?
I know that even if it is unusual it doesn't make him a genius and actually although his speech is okish it isn't that good for his age.

(And before anyone slates me I don't sit down and teach him stuff!)

Boo cowers waiting for people to make sarcastic comments....but indulge me I just am curious as I sense this is quite unusual but don't want to ask other mums in real life!)

Yes I know what your saying I even see that with my own kids, they differ in there development in so many ways!

My DS is also 2.3 and can also identify up to 4 things randomly. He doesn't actually count them, as in by saying '1,2,3,4 spoons', he just looks and says '4 spoons'. Most children seem to do the singsong counting without meaning stage first, but like your son, his speech isn't fantastic.
He doesn't recognise letters though, but I don't see how he could as I don't think we've ever pointed them out to him, and he doesn't have older siblings to learn from.

I confess I think ds learned letters from watching Countdown (I like it and it is on a lot in the background - certainly not encouraging him to watch it but he has funny taste in TV for a 2 year old!) so maybe that explains it. He seems to have a bit of a thing for Carole V (yuk)