Counting

Bevan can now say his numbers from 1-10 outloud in order. Considering his
scarcity of other words I am quite amazed.
His language is still improving, but I feel he will need some kind of speech
therapy. I'm trying to get an appointment for him. The nearest private SLT
for children is out Levin way though, but she may be able to arrange to see
a few of Wellington region people all in one day.

Bevan also impressed me yesterday when we were at a café and he pointed at
our table number and read outloud "1". He actually read the number himself.
Not sure HOW he knew about that!

He is showing a bit of interest in numbers. He's played with my math
equipment kitsets that I got when doing Total Learning. The kits have
coloured foam shapes, dominoes, coloured shaped beads, coloured jointed
blocks, flashcards etc.. He grouped the coloured shapes into colour groups
on his own initiative the other day.

I also recently ordered from the flybuys the "fridge phonics" toy by
Leapfrog. I really like the leapfrog toys; "alphabet pal" was a hit here
too, and now Christopher AND Bevan play with it. Anyway, the fridge phonics
will hopefully help get his awareness of letters, letter sounds and the
alphabet improving.
I got the "tag reading sytem" out of the cupboard, it is an awesome toy that
I won in a competition, but is for ages 4-8. I let Bevan have a go and he
did manage to enjoy it and figure out some of the simple stuff for it. For
parents (like me) who like statistics it has a fun feature where you can
find out how long your child played with it and whether they were getting
questions right in the comprehension parts of the book. We have one book
"Ozzie and Mack", and I might look out for more on Trademe.