Is it normal for a 2 year old to know how to count to 20?

Question

In spanish but he can count to 15 in English.I think he's gifted.What do you think?

He's bilangual and has been exposed to both languages since he was born

Turned 2 in March

Answer 1

Now Thats Really Cool!

Be Proud! :-)

Answer 2

By age 2 1/2, the average child has a vocabulary of about 600 words, by age 5 or 6 that number rises to about 15,000 words, an increase of 10 words a day. By 3 years of age, most children have all the basic tools needed to form sentences and make conversation. Most 18 to 20 month olds will use 1 and 2 word sentences. By 24 months, the longest sentences include 4 and 5 words. By 30 months, sentence length will double again. My 2 year old can count to 20 also. Sounds like you are doing a great job teaching him.

Answer 3

All things are possible when you work with your child! I have a 3 year old who is also very bright and it comes simply from working with your child and talking to your child daily. We play all kinds of fun counting, shape, color, letter games. He has been able to count in Spanish and English for over a year also. He doesn't know a lot of Spanish (because I don't!) but he also knows sign language...I started using it with him when he was born and he started signing back at about 8 months and added words to his signs by 11 months. Almost any child can be taught these things if you just put a little effort into it! Kudos to you!

Answer 4

At 2 years old a child can learn just about anything you put the time and effort into teaching them. At 2 my son could count to 20 in English, 10 in Spanish, speak many other words in spanish (and translate them back to english), knew some sign language, knew and recognized his alphabet, and was able to give me directions of how to get to his grandparents house (which is about 8 miles from my house) by using certain landmarks he would memorize along the way to tell me where I needed to turn. I don't see it as him being gifted. I see it as devoting my time to teach my child life skills.

Keep up the good work! You must be a very devoted parent to teach your child these things.

Answer 5

Children who come from normal, loving homes tend to be far more advanced developmental-wise than the child development books give them credit for. My two-year-olds did 24-piece puzzles, read simple words, knew everyone in the extended family's birthday, knew the alphabet, counted, etc. Based on my own children and other children I've known (a couple from an unwed, teenage, special needs mother), little kids are pretty darned intelligent.

If you go to any good suburban kindergarten (or if you know of a good city school kindergarten) there will be more children who could count to 20 at two years old there than there will be children who couldn't.

Its very nice and certainly a good sign that your little person can count to 20, but it, by itself, isn't necessarily a sign of anything other than that your little one is a good, normal, plenty-bright little child when it comes to this particular type of memorization.

Answer 6

That's great! But it is not necessarily a sign of giftedness. Now, if the child could also recognize the letters of the alphabet before age 3, or could also speak well in either language before age 2, or any number of other possibilities, then he might be considered gifted. It is usually too early to tell with a 2-year-old. Encourage him to keep learning - not just memorizing a list of numbers - and read to him every day.

Answer 7

Yeah, my daughter was like almost 2 and could count to 13 in English and 10 in spanish. Now she is 2 and can count to 20 in English. It is these kids now a days and they are just getting smarter!

Answer 8

actually my daughter can count to 20 in english and 10 in spanish dora has taught her a lot of spanish words and her pediatrician says she is very bright and a lot of children her age cant count that high or in 2 languages. i think it has a lot to do with the environment the child is raised in. just count yourself as doing a great parenting job, keep encouraging, and dont worry about if being gifted is an issue until later , let him worry about being a kid first

Answer 9

Children develop different skills at different speeds. I don't think there is anything exceptional about a 2 year old who can count to 100, let alone 20.

Now if he know all the presidents, in order, all the states and their capitals, and could add and subtract - THEN I'd say you have a genius on your hands!

Answer 10

Toddlers of that age learn everything by repetition, so if you often count aloud to 20, he will easily be able to repeat it, but not understand the concept of counting. This is very normal. If, however, he can understand the concept of counting (give him 20 buttons or beads to count) then he is advanced although I would draw the line at saying gifted until he is older. Enjoy him - he sounds cute!

Answer 11

My 2 year old can count to 20 and say the alphabet