I just love teaching Anthony. I am sure I will enjoy teaching Luke as well, but Anthony is at an age where he can communicate well enough that you can measure what he is learning.
I think the most important thing to do is to instill a love for learning. We read books all the time, and I try to allow Anthony to explore his surroundings, and (safely) follow through with his curiosities. Discovering and learning new things can be so much fun, even when it is messy, loud, and repetitive. A lot of times when I feel myself getting uptight about him making a mess, or getting dirty, or banging pots and pans together, I remember that he is really discovering this stuff for the first time. It is all brand new to him, so I should relax and let him have some fun. Safe fun, but fun nonetheless.
Anyway, Anthony counts to ten, - actually he does 1-12 and 16-20. hahaha. And recites some of his ABCs and can recogize some of the letters and numbers as well. And he does this ALL. DAY. LONG. Talk about repetition. He loooooves to count! He looooooves to sing the alphabet. So we do, all the time. haha.
Sunday morning, I decided that I was going to teach Anthony how to count things. I figured it would take at least a week for him to grasp the concept of "how many". So, Monday I pulled out some coins from my wallet, and we counted how many. I didn't think he understood, but he seemed intrigued so I kept doing it until he lost interest.
Today at snack, he was counting (as usual), but was stopping at 6. And he was saying the number 6 with such accomplishment! I couldn't figure out what he was doing just by listening to him. When I looked over, I saw he was counting his raisins. Putting each one down on to the table, one next to the other. I was so proud I almost cried!
I think the most important thing to do is to instill a love for learning. We read books all the time, and I try to allow Anthony to explore his surroundings, and (safely) follow through with his curiosities. Discovering and learning new things can be so much fun, even when it is messy, loud, and repetitive. A lot of times when I feel myself getting uptight about him making a mess, or getting dirty, or banging pots and pans together, I remember that he is really discovering this stuff for the first time. It is all brand new to him, so I should relax and let him have some fun. Safe fun, but fun nonetheless.
Anyway, Anthony counts to ten, - actually he does 1-12 and 16-20. hahaha. And recites some of his ABCs and can recogize some of the letters and numbers as well. And he does this ALL. DAY. LONG. Talk about repetition. He loooooves to count! He looooooves to sing the alphabet. So we do, all the time. haha.
Sunday morning, I decided that I was going to teach Anthony how to count things. I figured it would take at least a week for him to grasp the concept of "how many". So, Monday I pulled out some coins from my wallet, and we counted how many. I didn't think he understood, but he seemed intrigued so I kept doing it until he lost interest.
Today at snack, he was counting (as usual), but was stopping at 6. And he was saying the number 6 with such accomplishment! I couldn't figure out what he was doing just by listening to him. When I looked over, I saw he was counting his raisins. Putting each one down on to the table, one next to the other. I was so proud I almost cried!
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