When could your child first count to 10?

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My DC did this for the first time today spontaneously. I haven't tried to teach it so they must have picked it up spontaneously. I think it's early but may just be being a PFB mum. When could your DC count to 10?

DS - 7yo (learning difficulties)
DD - 2.5yo maybe - she didn't know what it meant, she just heard DS trying to learn

Honestly I can’t remember she’s 4 now and can count to 100, but that is mainly nursery’s doing not mine!

DS is two (and 2 months) and can, he's also not just reciting the numbers if you put out different numbers of blocks he can count them, or count 3 circles and 2 triangles for example. He's been able to intermittently for a while for in part to a love of space rocket launches, but until the last few weeks it's seemed more learned by rote rather than actual counting.

My DD is 2 and a bit and she can now confidently count to 10. She has been trying it for a few months but only of late has she mastered it! She is now on to the alphabet and body parts. A few months ago we were referred to a speech therapist as she wasn't using words so chuffed is an understatement!

My niece can, she's 20 months old. She's like a little parrot, whether she knows what she is saying is a different question!

Yep DD is 2years and 4 months and she can do it. She thinks the number after 10 is ‘yay’ and when she first did it we all clapped and said ‘yay’ a few times. So now it’s
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 yay! 😁

2 year old DGS can count to 10 by rote. That’s average I think?

Count or recite words in order?

First child- I think early two for reciting and then counting with 1:1 correspondence to 10 at around three. Could write their name at 2 and picked things up quickly.

Second child has shown much less interest in numbers etc but I think can count steps etc to 10 at almost three with a bit of prompting.

One language at 2, second language at almost 3

2ish for the eldest, 18m for youngest, but she was just copying her older sib.

She’s 3 now, and the eldest was asking me maths questions yesterday like 9+9, 17+20 etc and she got them all right. I was until she struggled with 8+8. She must just have a good memory

Around age 2 for mine, although just reciting it at the beginning took more months before they understood the concept of using numbers.

No recollection whatsoever

Around 20-21 months old for reciting 1-10 in order, and closer to 2 for actually counting objects with accuracy.

Definitely before she was 2 for both though, but she has always been very bright and picked up on things extremely quickly.

I think it’s usually around 2-2.5 years old.

One child was 6yrs old, another 2yrs old.

By 2 counting to 15, now 2.5 can add up a bit so some understanding of what it means rather than just repetition

around 19 months - was obsessed with Numberjacks.

Now she is older is still obsessed with Maths - has plans to do it for A level and degree etc. Completely her favourite subject

I've been a nanny since forever, mostly working with toddlers. I'd say most have mastered reliably reciting the names of the numbers in order before they hit 3, but actually being able to count up to 10 of anything not usually until 3.5/4.

Four or five. Has always been ahead in maths at school too so clearly being unable to recite them at two did no harm!

17 months for DD, 2.5 for DS

I looked back at a vid as I couldn’t remember, and DD1 was 20mo, DD2 did it maybe a month ago at 2 and 3mo. It was much later for meaningful counting as others have said.

Probably around 2. What matters though is do they name the numbers out of order or are they just reciting them.

2.5 when he could recite 1-10. 3.5 and he could read 1-10 (couldn’t read letters), and can happily count forwards and backwards, add and subtract. Lots of time spent watching Numberblocks and playing hide and seek.

I have a friend whose DD is just over two and can count to 20. I think she might be a child genius!

Mine is almost 2 and has been able to count to 10 for a few weeks, able to read numbers 1-10 since Christmas reliably (started reading them last autumn) and seems to be getting the basics of adding. Now reading 10-100 with great interest but varied results! He loves numbers and most walks are spent reading car numberplates and door numbers.

He also knows about 75% of the alphabet. I think he just has a good memory for shapes, he seems to pick things up very quickly.

This evening I was counting to 100 calm him down for sleep (has worked ever since he was a tiny baby) and he started counting along with me. I stopped and he carried on (in the 70s) so he understands how numbers progress. He got a bit hazy after a few but he definitely gets it.