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knowing their colours???

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Carameli · 13/08/2005 14:45

When did your child definitely know the different colours. My dd is 22mths and dh is getting a bit obsessed about her knowing them, so I just wondered what others had found.

Also with numbers, she refuses point blank to start at '1' when counting her blocks. I think some of this may also be that he tries to make a big point about her starting at '1'. I've seen her smile when she knows he is getting frustrated.....

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Lonelymum · 13/08/2005 15:50

Do any of you realise that it is the aim of Reception to have all children counting to 20 by the time they leave? I wouldn't worry about not being able to do these things until they are a bit older. Though I know colour identification comes a lot earlier than that.

Pinotmum · 13/08/2005 15:51

This is just an observation but sometimes when a question is asked and reassurnce is sought why do other poster feel they have to boast to the extreme. If you child can recognise all colours can't a poster simply say my ds/dd xx age can. Elaborations about writing, reciting the abc, etc is boasting imo and not helpful to someone who may have concerns. If you child can do things early then YOU know they are ahead and it is not the norm for the age so why boast??? By the way my children are einsteins

stacijc · 13/08/2005 15:52

god now i feel like a pushy mother! I promise i'm not!!! He just soaks it all in! If thats what the aim of reception is then he can stay home with me for another year woohoo!!!!!!!!

Aimsmum · 13/08/2005 15:53

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stacijc · 13/08/2005 15:53

was just following what other posters had put

Lonelymum · 13/08/2005 15:54

You will be shocked Stacijc. I know as I had a ds who did things ludicrously early too and also, not because I hot housed him.

But I agree with Pinotmum. The boasting must be really worrying to someone whose child is not doing those things. Getting back to Carameli, I don't think her dh need worry.

Pruni · 13/08/2005 15:54

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Pruni · 13/08/2005 15:58

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oops · 13/08/2005 16:13

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FairyMum · 13/08/2005 16:25

I think it's really interesting (and impressive) to see what some children can do at a very young age. I don't think of it as boasting. Others will soon catch up and might even beat them to the nobel price!

crescent · 13/08/2005 17:08

I'm an occasional reader of these pages as I'm a Grandma and trying to keep up to date
Anyway, just thought I'd add an observation, I have two adult children and really thought my second child, a boy, was a little slow in his development as my first one, a girl, had been so advanced in all her colours, numbers, reading etc etc etc.
What did I know?! Years later, he turned out to be the academic one who won a place at Oxford and had gone on being a a high achiever!
And I used to find it quite amusing that so many friends had criticised me for letting him read comics etc instead of 'proper reading'.
Of course my daughter is great too And it goes without saying that the grandchildren are amazing!!

tortoiseshell · 13/08/2005 17:17

They get there in their own time. Dd who is just 2 does know lots of colours, but I haven't 'taught' her them, she has just picked them up from ds. He knew them a lot later, though he knew red and yellow at 2. Similarly with counting, dd is just starting to experiment with numbers, sometimes counting to 10, but often coming out with random numbers. Ds was much more secure with numbers at 2.

Ds was also a slow talker, and I worried incessantly about it, especially in comparison with one or two of his 'early talker' friends, BUT they now gabble away to each other and there is no difference in speech at all. Children who do things later often do them faster.

I wouldn't worry tbh!!!

MarsLady · 13/08/2005 17:20

all colours are currently called afful (apple) by DT1.

I have found that they have all discovered colour names by the time they got to school though.

toothyboy · 13/08/2005 18:03

I know it actually doesn't matter that much but as a boast my ds (2yrs 4mo) knows red, blue, green, yellow, black, white, grey, brown, pink, orange, purple, silver, gold consistently. And even before he could say them, could point to the first 4 when asked! He can count meaningfully 3 items. But, honestly, I know it's not any indication of anything other than a good memory really!!

hercules · 13/08/2005 18:21

I havent even thought about doing numbers with dd yet and she's nearly 2. Do people really teach their kids numbers at this age???

On the other hand she does know her colours, that is if we lived in a yellow world

hercules · 13/08/2005 18:23

Do you really have flash cards for a 2 year old?

Twiglett · 13/08/2005 18:23

DS knew his colours from really early on (about 18 months) ... as long as you just held up blue objects that is

.. agree you should just let them get on with having fun and get DH to take a chilll pill

hercules · 13/08/2005 18:24

err actually twiglett, everything is yellow.....

Twiglett · 13/08/2005 18:26

might be now herc .. but 3 years ago everything was 'blue' .. it was honestly

not going to have this problem with DD of course, she seems a bit thick

Twiglett · 13/08/2005 18:26

didn't mean it didn't mean it didn't mean it

hercules · 13/08/2005 18:27

lol

Twiglett · 13/08/2005 18:31

(feel I might go straight to hell for that one ) .. its just she's 15 months now and can't solve quadratic equations yet so her father and I are slightly miffed

hercules · 13/08/2005 18:33

have you considered tuition?

DD is worrying too. She loves hiding but hides in the same place each time 15 times a day every day. I think mensa will have to wait.

MaloryTowers · 13/08/2005 18:38

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