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Monday, October 03, 2005 - (see all news for this day)
one, two - 12:19 AM
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smiley can recognise the numbers 1 & 2. on thursday morning he saw something with the numeral 1 on it & said, "one." i told him that yes he was right, but thought it might have just been a fluke.
that afternoon, i went to the local pool with denise & her little boy, ryan. i told her about it & said, "let's test him out." we were near the diving blocks, so i pointed to the number 1 on the first one & asked him what the number was. he said, "one." both denise & i were very impressed. then i took him to the second diving block & pointed to the number & asked him what that number said. he said, "two."
we were so impressed. i thought i might have been pushing my luck when i tried the third diving block with the number three .. & i was, but it was worth a try. lol! 
anyway, i'm about as impressed as i can get that he knows 1 & 2. clever little chicken. 
Well it does go without saying (although I am sure I have said it before) that this is the time of life when he will learn the MOST!!! His mind is like a p.iece of clay, every thing you do will leave an imprint.
Teach him every day, talk to him every day (and I know that you do) and never, ever underestimate his intelligence and capacity to learn. hugssome text ads:
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Very cool. A budding mathematician. Or physicist or something involving numbers kind of thing.
My kids all could count to three pretty well in toddler hood. But I think that this skill has mostly to do with the fact that they heard me counting when they wouldn't stop doing what they were doing when I initially told them too.
They couldn't get to 4 because there was not four in their life at that point. Three was followed by a storm that would descend on them and release it's fury---a storm called Hurricane Daddy.
Consequently, three also became synonymous with "Run for the Hills for your very LIFE!!" Their speed and counting developed right around the same time, as it turned out.