Counting and Cutting

My baby is growing up fast. And he is learning new things every single day. He can now actually count to 10 without skipping over numbers. It's not always the entire sequence and sometimes he starts over in the middle but he does know how to count to 10. When he's playing I will often hear him counting - whether it is the numbers on the phone or just counting things in a book or counting his toys.

He has also had a strong interest in cutting. He always wants to cut his food with a fork or knife after he sees me doing it. And he is very interested in scissors. I bought him a pair not long ago and today he wanted me to help him so we sat down together and I taught him how to hold them and cut properly. He did really good even though his hands are small for the kids scissors. I gave him several small squares of paper and he fringed the edges of every one of them. It was really cute and he was proud of himself.

We also started to try to write the letter "K." He really tried hard but he doesn't quite get it yet. Hopefully with more practice he'll have that skill mastered too. Besides that, our next steps are to be able to identify the remaining letters that he doesn't already know, to say the ABCs, and to identify numbers. He has colors mastered for the most part. We are also working on potty training again and hope to have that checked off the list within the next couple of weeks.