One thing that has blown me away is that Logan can recognize all of his letters and tell you what sound they make! I've been singing a song of letters, sounds, and a word that starts with that letter to him off and on casually for a while. Well, the last week of January I bought Logan a puzzle of the alphabet. I thought since there were so many pieces it would be too difficult, but left it out for him to play with just to see how he did. Boy was I wrong! Logan could already tell me about a quarter of the sounds, and had no trouble putting the puzzle together! In about a week, he was telling me about half of the sounds, and a month later he recognizes them all, knows all of the sounds, and is starting to recognize some lower case letters too! Who knew he had been listening to my song all along! He loves music and sounds. Letters are beginning to be the new obsession... he loves to point them out everywhere. He's even sounded out words in order, the sounds just don't blend yet.
There is a pretty funny story about his letters. We were blowing bubbles the other day on his alphabet mat, and I could not get him to stop putting the bubble wand on his lips. As we were playing, I asked him what sound P made. When he answered, he unknowingly blew a bubble from the bubble residue on his lips!
Another thing that Logan has significantly progressed in is numbers. Most of you know about his obsession with clocks... I can't tell you how many times my child has asked me to count the numbers on a clock! I think this is what contributes to his number recognition. He recognizes numbers 1-12, but sometimes confuses the 6 and 9. He has also counted more himself. If I say one, he can say 2, 3, 4, 5, I say 6, 7, he can say 8, 9, I say 10, 11, he can say 12. He doesn't do this often, but I've started counting to 20 with him now to challenge him more. He also understands one to one correspondence. He usually moves things one at a time as I count.
Logan also talks in many more short phrases and sentences now. He usually strings together 2, 3 or 4 words. His vocabulary has increased tremendously this month. One day early in the month, I was astonished at how many new words he said, and counted 16 in one day! I don't think I realized how much he talks nonstop at home until I was sick recently and couldn't sleep because I kept hearing his sweet little voice (which has no quiet setting!)
Don't miss the video of Logan rocking out!
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