We are learning letters and numbers! Tristan enjoys activities that involve such lately. He will stop to study with me if I stop to point out letters on a sign or otherwise in the environment. He can identify A by pointing to it and saying it. Now he’s pointing to B and saying A, so we have to keep drilling him on it. 🙂 But what’s really cute is that he distinctly can say A, H, and 8 but knows what they are at different levels. He knows A, but isn’t sure if other things are also A. He recognizes H but doesn’t know exactly what it is yet – he can say it, although not in association with the word “Hi” (he still says “aaaahhhh” or the like for “Hi”). Hopefully he recognizes 8 after today’s experience with the foamboard he was playing with at his school, but he doesn’t show that he recognizes certain numbers that often. I’m betting he does or at least gets the concept of quantity, especially since he understands “more.” But the most fun thing is that the kid is fascinated by the alphabet and he’s learning the song they sing in school – he’s added it to his humming repertoire and can chime in at the “a, a, a!” part.

Academics are a fun way to relate to a kid when the kid is interested. I’m so glad that he is now. He experiments with his environment and I want him to have the knowledge he needs to just do awesome things with it.