Two, Three

I've been trying to get Aitana to learn her numbers and letters. She's never liked the number one ... not sure why ... and she rarely says it when we count together. But she will say it when nobody is "listening." I've given up, when she wants to she will say it. Her favorite number is 2. Points it out everywhere ... she KNOWS the number 2 well. Still I work tirelessly to get her to count.

On Monday, my efforts were rewarded. We were going down the stairs at Ama and Pa's house and she started outloud with two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, TEN! I followed with the number 1 and she followed with 2-9. I asked her what about 10? She said no and walked away.

It took awhile, but I soon realized why 1 was left off and why 10 was left off ... we had passed the 1st step when we started counting. In her little mind, there was no reason to say 1 at that point. When we got to the bottom of the stairs, there were none left to say 10. In her little mind, there was no reason to say 10.

I was so proud :)