my daughter is 2 and a half, she knows her numbers and letters,?

Question

but she insists that lower case g is a baby 9! it's the only one she still has trouble with, she knows what many words start with ( ex banana, grape, yellow, orange), she's learning to spell 2 and 3 letter words, but she's hung up on this baby 9! help! how can I make her understand? thanks for your advice!

Answer 1

sounds great! You know my mom used to push me like that too, ya I've got a High IQ and she probably will too. I know she is young and it's probably nonthing, but does anyone in your or hubby's family have dyslexia. Auny cousins etc. My cousin has it and yes a highIQ

Answer 2

At 20 months my son also knew the letters of the alphabet the sounds they make and his numbers. He use to tell me a 9 was an upside down 6. He's now 3 and can read, he has known for a long time that a 9 is a 9 and a 6 is a 6 but if you flip them over they can be the opposite. Enjoy the fun things she will come up with, it's fun and scary having a child who is advance (I am always questioning myself about what to do next with them). Kids imaginations are great things.

Answer 3

I understand how you feel at this moment, I have been there 2 times now and I am on #3...we are currently hung up on pronunciation of words...when she sees a baby 9, just repeat g and ask her to say "g" . My daughter says add instead of dad(She is 20 months) so during the day, when we sing the alphabet we stop on certain letters, this week it is D and we repeat in a song....DA DA DA DA DA...she can say it....one day it will all click in for her, until then, we work and repeat, and we do not sweat the small stuff...as there are bigger issues out there. Good luck.

Answer 4

She is only 2 1/2 yrs old!! But ok i will help you:
1st- try to show her words that include the letter g and tell her it wouldnt make sense if numbers were in words. Also explain to her that there are NO baby numbers somehow.

lol hope i helped but if this doesnt work remember she is young and will learn to understand

Answer 5

Don't worry about it, my 28 month old son also knows his letters and numbers and he too insists that the lowercase g is a baby 9. If you think about it they really look very similar, especially to a small child. Give her a little time she will understand the difference soon enough.

Answer 6

As a mother , I can give you an answer!Hapilly1.At the age of 6 years old, my daughter has confused twice at least that F is 7in writing by hand .As a mother I consider that is a natural phenomena , and that only God shall send light in the children's mind to see the difference. What if the number 2 would look like a letter , and all the numbers would look like letters?Would we undestand ?It would be difficult even for adults.Actually is a miracle that number 9 looks like letter g, and only God knows why because He is called ''The word'', and ''alfa and omega''.In my opinion, children should learn numbers and letters when and only when they want , even at 10 years old .By this time , maybe they preffer watching cartoon , or drawing, etc.It is best that children learn according to their wish and need and curiosity , not imposed.My child was hit by educator for confusing number 7 for letter F in write handing at the age of 6 years old , and I moved her to diferent kindergarden , with the best educator I knew, because they are not all the same , like shoes.
I know a boy who at 7 years old at school read something like 42 instead of 24 .I told his motheer that she mustn't fear, and then he read well.Actually this is a miracle of God , like writing with the left hand.It is amusing.Why would we fear?God is the Master of the words and letters and numbers. He is the one who invented them , and He is the one who teach them in our minds.

Answer 7

In the mind of a 2 yr. old maybe something like this. The lower case g hangs and says gggg (phonic sound) and the number 9 stomps 9 times saying nine,nine,nine.
Keep in mind she's only 2 yrs old. Be a proud momma

Answer 8

Try writing the lower case g in another way so that it doesnt look so much like the number 9. Then put both symbols close together so that she can see them both. Explain the difference. Make up a story about a little g who was being called a baby 9 and who was very sad. She'll get it eventually.

Answer 9

WOW! 2 and a half. You could always try telling her a 9 goes straight down. a g curls at the bottom. Teach her that and when she learns to write, teach her to make big curls in g's so you can tell the difference.

Answer 10

get her some educational videos... do not push it with her tho.. my daughter is almost three and she is can count to 25, knows her, alphabet and colors and she can spell little words, but u dont ever want to push it on her.. my daughter watches elmo and other educational stuff thats where she learned most of it... but what u can do is make two flash cards one with a 9 with a line under it and the other with the g and show her that the g has a little line on its head.. she will get it, dont sweat it!!

Answer 11

She'll eventually figure it out.

When my son was two he knew letters, numbers, family members' birthdays, and all his colors except for one - RED!! Any time he would name colors shown him he would be fine until he was shown red, and then he'd be silent and hemming and hawing and silent. I started to think he may be color-blind, but he wasn't.

Somewhere along the way it was clear he knew what red was. When they're still two you just have to be happy with whatever do know and remember they have a few more years before kindergarten.