Numbers

8/30/11
Jonathan probably has a sense of the numbers in terms of its relative value.

Sometime last month, I tried to teach him manners about interrupting parents talking. My example was:"Excuse me Daddy, I need to talk to Mommy. Please stop talking for 1 minute." When it was his turn to rehearse, he said:"Excuse me Daddy. I need to talk to Mommy. Please stop talking for 5 minutes."

Today he was eating dinner, not liking what was served. We coaxed and played with him the whole time to get him to eat. At one point, he looked at his left wrist as if looking at a watch, and said:"Mom it is 5." I went along, "It is 5 already? Well it is time for dinner." He then looked at his wrist again, "Oh, it is 4."

There was another time I told him that he could watch DVD for 5 minutes. He said he wanted to watch for 10 minutes.

If I ask him which is longer time, he is not able to tell me. But intuitively he knows that 10 minutes is longer than 5 minutes and 5 minutes is longer than 1 minute. He seems to know also that 4 o'clock is before 5 o'clock in time.

9/2/11
Jonathan recited Genesis 1:1 by memory. I was very excited and promised him 3 stickers. He said, "I want 4 or 5 stickers."