Was your child able to name all the letters at 26 months?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My brother could identify all his letters at 18 months - and he turned out to be a certified genius. Went to Harvard at 16 and medical school at Yale. He is an oncologist now with two little girls who seem bright but are not geniuses by any measure so far.

And your point is?

That not everyone who can identify letter is on the autistic spectrum or that it means nothing in all cases. My brother could identify all letters and is not autistic nor does he suffer from ADD or ADHD and in his case it was indicative of higher intelligence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but it didn't MEAN anything. Still doesn't.

+1

This. Once we realized this, we didn't bother teaching them to our second child at that age. She will have plenty of time to learn the letter sounds and other actually useful pre-reading concepts in preschool. Naming the letters is barely helpful at all for reading, except for explaining the rule that long vowels "say their name."

[Anonymous]

If you accept the fact that the alphabet ends with LMNOP then yes. If you believe the alternative fact that there are several more letters, then no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Both could. One dc at 18 months whom I explicitly taught for some first time mom reason, lol. The younger one around 22 months. That one just watched that letter factory video a few times. That video will teach any toddler!

It didn’t mean much at all. I have personally known a few toddlers who learned their abcs at 2 and then forgot them or went on to learn to read with their kindergarten class.

My older child was tested by a psychologist and has a very high iq. I think at age two it was more telling that this child would listen to a book like the hobbit and fully comprehend it. I’m not even exaggerating.

That’s crazy about. The Hobbit! What’s his/her IQ, just out of curiosity.

[Anonymous]

My oldest knew all of his before 18 months, but he’s been like that with everything. His IQ is supposedly 140, but I understand that’s pretty average around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you accept the fact that the alphabet ends with LMNOP then yes. If you believe the alternative fact that there are several more letters, then no.

[Anonymous]

Yep, my kid was extremely advanced all during baby/toddler hood... meant nothing in the long term. She's just perfectly normal now. Gets reasonable grades.

I think kids are like flowers; they all bloom in their proper time. Doesn't necessarily mean much in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother could identify all his letters at 18 months - and he turned out to be a certified genius. Went to Harvard at 16 and medical school at Yale. He is an oncologist now with two little girls who seem bright but are not geniuses by any measure so far.

18 months is very young- so I could see that being significant

[Anonymous]

My oldest wasn’t talking ar all at 18 months. At 20 months he got that Melissa & Doug alphabet puzzle and was doing it solo AND naming all the letters before he turned 2. My youngest is 28 months and could care less about the puzzle or naming letters, but is insanely verbal and has been saying all the things since well before 2, and is super knowledgeable about shapes & colors. Different skills at different times, it’s all good!

[Anonymous]

Mine knew about half the alphabet at that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son could name all of the letters by 18 months. And all of the numbers too. But he couldn't say much else other than the usual baby words such as mama, up, ball, dog, etc. He ended up with an autism diagnosis.

+1 Be careful what you wish for...

[Anonymous]

Yes, my DS could recognize name all letters, both upper and lowercase, as well as numbers at 18 months. He also knew colors and shapes

[Anonymous]

No. Neither of my kids can/could. My oldest picked it up around 2.5 and the youngest is 2.5 and he can say the alphabet and points out the first letter of his name. I make zero effort to teach my children the alphabet at this age beyond reading to them and if we happen to be looking at an alphabet book saying "J is also for John, like you!"

[Anonymous]

Mine could. He’s almost 4 now though, and no closer to reading than he was then!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My brother could identify all his letters at 18 months - and he turned out to be a certified genius. Went to Harvard at 16 and medical school at Yale. He is an oncologist now with two little girls who seem bright but are not geniuses by any measure so far.

And your point is?

That not everyone who can identify letter is on the autistic spectrum or that it means nothing in all cases. My brother could identify all letters and is not autistic nor does he suffer from ADD or ADHD and in his case it was indicative of higher intelligence.

Are his social skills better than yours?