Still Counting

this was cayden's 4th round with identifying the numbers, that's why he's goofing around already. i kinda realised that i should be videotaping this too late hahaha!

anyways, he's doing better. he's still confusing 1 with 7. sometimes, 5 with 3. he also knows the number 10, which surprised us really because there's no number 10 on our rubber mats where we practice most of the time, only 1 and 0 separately. oh, he knows zero too! going back to 10, he knows it but as i've said, this was his 4th round already. he insisted on playing the guess the number game even though he didnt want to anymore because it's bed time and he'll find every excuse not to go to bed yet! lol. see, he even knows twelve! he learned that from the telly, not from us. he knows eleven comes after 10 and then 12 comes after 11.

the video was cut off prematurely, before cayden finally guessed the number 10, because kian pressed the end button on my mobile accidentally! hahaha

if only he does this correctly every time! he'll do it properly maybe once or twice when asked. afterwards, he gets bored already and just say numbers at random, most of the time, without even looking at the number, without even thinking!

but whatever, as long as he's learning, good enough for us!

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Counting To Four

at the moment, i dont regret making cayden watch tv/video a lot. aside from it helping me do my chores (as it keeps the tot occupied), i see that he is learning from it.

cayden doesnt like to be forced to learn. he follows his own schedule. he'll do things in his own pace. when he's in the mood, he'll answer your questions properly. if not, he'll play you along and pretend he doesnt know anything (when in fact he does, bec he's done so when he's playing by himself, without being asked). we teach him through play but most of what he knows, (though im embarrassed to admit this) he learned from watching the telly (bec when we teach him, either he'll change the subject, go somewhere else or play with something else). he'll just surprise us with how much he knows!

aside from numbers, he knows his basic colours and shapes (square, circle, triangle, heart, diamond) and animal sounds (monkey, donkey, horse, bird, dinosaur, etc). if only he'll concentrate more when we teach him the alphabet! the shows that he watches doesnt teach letters much lol

i know one day we'll have to reduce his tv time but for now, i let him be because it's doing him a lot more good than bad.
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counting to four lyrics:

One, two, three, four

monsters walking 'cross the floor
I love counting, counting to the number four

Oh you counting, counting with me
to one less than five, and one more than three

Oh, Oh, Oh, we're counting to four
Oh, Oh, Oh, let's count some more

One, two, three, four
penguins that went by the door
I love counting, counting to the number four

I see four here, I see four there
favorite number, nothing can compare

Oh, Oh, Oh we're counting to four
Oh, Oh, Oh let's count some more

One, two, three, four
chickens just back from the shore
I love counting, counting to the number four

Oh, Oh, Oh we're counting to four
Oh, Oh, Oh lets count some more

One, two, three, four
chickens just back from the shore

One, two, three, four
penguins that went by the door

One, two, three, four
monsters walking 'cross the floor

balm balm balm balm (repeat 2x)
Ohhh
counting to four
Ohhh (repeat 2x)
counting to four (repeat 3x)

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