Letters & Colors

I always wonder just how much Mr N knows, if he knows what letters are, if he knows the difference between them, etc. Same with colors. It's very difficult to access how much he knows and understands when he is not very verbal.

I mentioned recently that Mr N picked out the yellow and orange goldfish and ate them first. Today he was eating them again and when he picked out all the yellow and orange ones he asked for more. Yesterday when we were at Taco Bell he noticed all the sauce packets, but was only interested in the orange ones, the rest he didn't even bother with.

We have an alphabet puzzle and he can put every single piece in within a very short period of time, but doesn't say the letters when he does it. I have no way of really knowing if he just is matching shapes or if he understands that they are letters. He has recently become a lot more interested in playing with his iPad and loves the Starfall game. (Thanks Aunt Wendy for introducing us to it!!!) The app basically looks like this:

Every time he starts playing it he chooses the letter "N" first and then moves on to other letters. Sometimes he'll just do the letter "N" then be done and go play something else. The last couple of days when he plays it he'll say "N" and make the "nnnn" sound. I have yet to figure out if it's just a coincidence that his name starts with an N or if he knows his name starts with N and that's why he likes it. When the kids play anything alphabet or letter related E will mention that his name starts with "N".

Regardless, I'm super impressed that he seems to prefer certain letters and colors. It probably means nothing, it is probably nothing to get excited over, but I'm Mommy I can be excited about it if I want!!