At what age is it normal to recognise the letters of the alphabet

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Just wondering....my DS recognises them all and seems obsessed with letters, reads out loud the letters on number plates,signs or writing he sees and he's 21 months. He gets them all right apart from G and Q which he sometimes gets stuck on. I'm told this is quite advanced but I'm not sure, anyone know much about child development and this kind of thing?

my ds is just learning them now at school aged 4
he only knew the letters that spelt his name before that and m for mummy and d for daddy

DD recognised most of the letters at that age too. She is 3.5 now and recognises a lot of words that are familiar to her from her books. I think it is just recognition though, she's not actually reading yet. I think some kids are just more interested in letters and words and numbers than others.

My ds1 did that and then starting reading at age 3. It is quite early so he may wind up testing as G&T. Just feed the need!

I think DS knew them at a similar age. He's really into letters and numbers. Kids just do stuff in different orders from each other.

DD is 26m and can do some of them, she prefers numbers though Like yours she muddles g and q if in capitals and always muddles p and q b and d in lower case.

Look into how they teach at school though, we have taught DD abc however someone mentioned them learning phonetics e.g ahh, buu, suh (how do you even write them down how they sound?).

A friend who is a teacher is sending me some info and web links, if I get it soon I will post the basics for you.

Ds recognised them all quite early (around 2 yrs old). I was not pushing him to learn them, I just had a fridge magnet set that he loved... in capital letters.... so...

He had to relearn them all when he started perschool at 3 years old, aparently was behing in reading at 4, but now at 5, I have been told that he is the best of the class at reading (now... don't ask me about writing...)

2.10yo DD2 is obsessed with the letter T (which her name starts with) so much so she shouts out everytimes she sees it even when it's painted on the road and might look like a T

ds is 3 and 2months - wouldn't know a letter from the alphabet if it came and danced a jig on his nose... he's not slow - just not interested in 'mark making'

I don't do pointy finger crap when I'm reading - I read a story

dd could imitate reading when she was two - I thought 'goody! she's going to be brainy'
She's not - well, I say that, she is 'gifted and talented' but not in a 'jump through this hoop now dahhlinG' sort of way

God knows why I would have wanted her to be brainy

ds did this at around 2 yrs old, we've recently been told he's probably "hyperlexic."

According to my mum (a primary teacher) I was able to recognise some words on flashcards from about 18 months of age (!), and was reading fluently at around 2.5 but it was just a quirk and didn't make me any more gifted and talented than anyone else later in life, although I did end up with an English degree..!

I could read at two. My older dd learned at school at 4ish (can barely remember), my ds learned at two-three, my dd is 3 nearly four and knows most of them a bit shakily.

at your super smart 2 year olds!

I thought dd 2.6 was good for recognising A for her name and M for Mummy (she can write them too, thanks to my mum - also a primary teacher!)

But for me, agree with wabbit, let's just read stories and enjoy being silly with them!

dd could...she was quite good with letters
She could write her name before she was 2 too
She also read quite early

DS knew all his letters phonically before he was 2 - he had a alphabet jigsaw that he was obsessed with.
He's now in reception, and as far as i can tell, reasonably average (on the bright side of average, of course )

lol at Troutpout pissing all over everybody's strawberries

Dd has always been interested in letters, can't remember when she could recognise them tbh, she too had alphabet bath foam thingies and fridge magnets. She has been able to recognise words from around 2 and now she has just started school (aged 5) she can read pretty much anything (words rather than books).

Tbh having most of my comparisons from mn I thought this was quite normal, what with all the dickens reading 2yo .

Went to visit my sister recently, she has an 8yo dd and helps out with reading at school and she was totally amazed at dd. She is still going on about it .

Fair enough dd can read well and basically taught herself, but to me it's not the be all and end all. I could read before I got to school,and had a reading age of 14 when I was 7, but erm I've done fuck all academically lol.

My conclusions are that mn children (or the proportion who choose to post) are obviously in no way the average.

Reading ability is not a harbinger of future happiness and success.

normal? 2 - 5yo probably.

my ds2 is 19mths and because of playing with his big sisters phonics radio since birth virtually he knows most of them. Means shag all although he is also appearing to know many colours.
Not surehow as he is my 3rd child imkinda hands off!

DD was over 5 - but is now top set for reading a year and a bit later. I agree with Kitty Floss early letter & number recognition is only a small part of a childs overall educational ability.

In most other education systems in teh world children don't start learning them until they are 7. I have yet to get the obsession in this country of getting kids to do things earlier and earlier.

Don't get me started on SATS

Ds knew all the letters and numbers up to 12 by the time he was 2. I thought he was just very good at shape recognition (he knew basic shapes before 18 months and his second word was circle). But he's now 28 months and just started asking me what words 'say' so I think he's realised what letters are for and I'm wondering if I should try to show him how to put them together.

Sure, go ahead if he's interested. Ds1 was reading by age 3. Some kids just start early.

It seems to vary so much from child to child, but like Anifrangapani I don't understnad the desperation for children to do stuff earlier and earlier. What, so that they can go and read a book on their own in a corner? It's much more fun to have stories together when they're little, there will be plenty of time for torches under the bedcovers later, IMO.

DD is 2.5 and doesn't know any letters! She says everything is curly c because she knows her name starts with C. She does recognise numbers up to 9 though (see, she's not a complete dunce!). She has lots of toys with numbers and none with letters (apart from books but I read her the story not show her the letters iyswim)-I don't use them to consciously educate her but I think she learnt most of them from numberjacks in the weeks after ds was born

A friend's 2 yr old could recognise and shout loads of words and numbers including some very long ones, like the names of dinosaurs. He could also recite vast chunks of books. They thought he was going to be a literary and mathematical genius; turns out he's severely autistic. The words mean nothing to him and he doesn't use language for communication. Number and letter recognition is not the same as reading and by the time most kids are 8ish it won't make any difference whether they could recognise their name at 2, 4 or 6. Don't sweat it, ladies.