when is the average age little ones learn their ABCs?

Question

at what age are children able to name letters, numbers, shapes etc. by site, on average?

i agree, earth queen. this is no lie... my daughter is 20 months, she watches sesame street (like you, cannot be pulled away) and she already knows all of her letters. i can write the alphabet on a piece of paper, and i can either point to a letter and ask what it is, or i can ask where a letter is, and she'll point to it. crazy!!!so i defintely have to give props to sesame street, but i keep the ball rolling after we turn off the t.v. thanks!!

Answer 1

Children at very young ages can say their ABC's, some as young
as 2. Knowing their ABC's on the other hand really depends on their environment and what kind of interaction they are receiving. If it's a typically developing child being worked with on a regular basis - any where between age 3 to 5 would be considered normal. The important thing to remember is knowing his or her ABC's shouldn't take the place of other critical developing skills that are needed.
Many parents focus so much on the academics forgetting to spend time developing gross motor, fine motor, and especially social skills in their children. If the social skills are in place it is much easier to teach the academics, but in reverse it's very difficult.

Answer 2

Sounds like your daughter is doing great! My older daughter was the same way -- knew all her letters before she turned two. She has always been interested in reading books and learning letters, numbers, colors, etc. She's now 3 years old, knows the sounds of all the consonants, can read a handful of words, can write her name (and several other capital letters), is learning the lower case letters that we haven't talked about much, does some simple addition/subtraction, counts to at least 30 (up to 100 with help), and reads 2-digit numbers. We have honestly just followed her lead every step of the way. When she's interested in something, we practice it with her.

My younger daughter is 21 months old, and she doesn't know any of her letters, colors, or numbers -- completely opposite of my older daughter. However, she's much more physical and social than my older daughter was at this age. They're just completely different kids, and their strengths/weaknesses will even out in time.

I don't know the answer to your question about average ages, but keep up the good work!

Answer 3

4

Answer 4

I think between 2 and 3 is the average age. My son is 2 1/2 and when I start to count 1 he goes 2 and we can go back and forth even when he doesn't repeat what I say he knows what the next number in order is. I agree with you my son loves barney, dora,diego things like that but I make him shut the t.v off after so long even if he gets mad b/c I feel he needs to learn thur play and from me more than thur the t.v.

Answer 5

A very individual thing. My daughter started learning and using sign language when she was about 9 months old. (She's not deaf, I just taught her so she could communicate with me before she could talk.) She's been counting to 10 in English and German since she was 1. And she's been able to sing the ABCs since about the same age. She could recognize letters and numbers by the time she was about 18 months. And now that she's two she can count to twenty! Our kids are really smart little individuals...just gotta give them the tools they need to learn.

Answer 6

My daughter is 3 and she know some of then but not all of them. I have been working with her for a year. She knows her numbers to 10 and all of the shapes before she was 3. But with the abc she is still working on it. It also depends on the child and how fast they want to learn. So kids learn faster then others.

Answer 7

my daughter knew the whole alphabet by 3. At 4and a half she knows most letters,knows all her shapes and colours and can count to 6 in spanish. It all depends on your childs capability and how much you teach them, when you start and also wether they have brothers and sisters or if they go to daycare. Children all develope at different rates but on average i would say by 4 or 5

Answer 8

i think it just depends on the exposure to them... my daughter has been watching the Leap Frog movies Letters Factory and Words Factory 1&2 since she was 1 year old and now she's 18 month and can say a few of her ABC's but not in order.

Answer 9

my step daughter is 3 1/2 and she already knows her abc's at least vocally, and she can count to 10 in both english and spanish. we are not bilingual, but since we knew it, we taught it to her. she recognizes most letters written, and we are working on numbers.
as it was stated before, it depends on the child and how much you teach her. my step daughter knew all of it vocally by the age of 2. whereas, her cousin's have been in kindergarten twice and preschool once, and they still have trouble with things. it all depends on how much you teach your children.
honestly, i think that if a child doesn't know at their abc's and numbers to 10 at least vocally by the age of 5, then the parents need to work with them more, you shouldn't rely on the schools to teach them when the parents are the best teacher.

Answer 10

When they watch Sesame Street. You could not pull me away from that show when I was little. Y'all joke about Barney and the kids shows on PBS. But kids who watch stuff like that show up at kindergarten ahead of the class, regardless of their family circumstances.