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Counting forwards and backwards to/from 100. What is the average age?

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MyChildrenHaveHorns · 05/05/2011 11:18

What is the earliest you have heard of?
DS2 is 3.7 and has counted almost before he could talk, is borderline obsessed with counting, but at the weekend he amazed me by counting backwards. He made a couple of mistakes, but self-corrected which makes me think he isnt counting by rote.
I mentioned it to his nursery teacher yesterday and she said she was shocked, so I gather this isnt the norm.

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Wafflenose · 05/05/2011 12:08

My daughter was counting backwards and forwards into the hundreds at 2+, and at 3 she recognised all the numbers to 100 and could order them (even if you gave her a small set of random numbers). However, some of the children in her Reception class can't do that and are concentrating on reading, writing, ordering and counting to/ back from 20. They seem to be encouraging the children's writing, understanding and ability to calculate with the numbers match their actual counting. DD still loves numbers and likes school, but she has moved on to adding and subtracting negative numbers!

Well done to your son!

DuplicitousBitch · 05/05/2011 12:14

oh dear he is only doing it at 3.7 my children all did this within weeks of fertilisation

belgo · 05/05/2011 12:17

at dupliciotiousbitch.

My seven year old has never to my knowledge counted up to 100 forwards or backwards. I would be far too bored to listen to her.

DuplicitousBitch · 05/05/2011 12:20

belgo i never realised our dd's were the same age! (name changer but have chatted to you in various guises over the years)

Bohica · 05/05/2011 12:20

at dupli & agree with belgo

LaWeaselIsOupaLaDouffe · 05/05/2011 12:29

I doubt it's very common no, but doesn't = gifted and talented!! A lot of children just wouldn't be interested in counting for so long at that age.

so all you know is your child is interested in counting.

Which is no bad thing, obviously.

belgo · 05/05/2011 12:42

DB I have no idea who you are

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MyChildrenHaveHorns · 05/05/2011 12:56

Belgo - yes, I agree it is rather boring, it is however something he seems very interested in, and likes me to join in. I'm not about to discourage that.

LaWeasel - I'm not presuming he is G+T, his nusery teacher said he may be G+T in numerecy and as I'd posted in education and got no replies, I thought I'd try here.

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LaWeaselIsOupaLaDouffe · 05/05/2011 12:58

Why don't you try again with a post about what things you can do with a pre-schooler who is interested in numeracy.

You will probably get more sensible responses.

DadAtLarge · 05/05/2011 22:06

What is the earliest you have heard of?
DS could do it around two (if I remember correctly). DD1 and DD2 by about three.

I gather this isnt the norm.
I would say it's quite normal if they're given the opportunities and encouragement.

1-100 isn't that difficult, even backwards. Schools make a big deal out of it, but it's really quite easy (even for pre-schoolers).

sageygirl · 16/05/2011 12:31

My Ds could do this at 2 and could also parrot the alphabet, most nursery rhymes and the majority of the periodic table (my husband taught him that one to a truly dreadful rhyming scheme.). At 8 it is nigh on impossible to get him to write anything vaguely comprehensible and he is definitely average at most things at school. He has good mental maths though.

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