Caleb loves learning. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s known numbers and letters for probably almost a year now. He was pretty good at counting up to 20. But recently, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been practicing past 20. Caleb also loves reading, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always asking about words in the books he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reading. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that word?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a common question he asks while reading his books. Of course sometimes he points to numbers in the books as well. Generally, when Caleb picks up on something, he runs with it. For example, we were reading a garbage truck book for bedtime recently. On the last page, it says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who am I? The garbage truck, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s who.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d So you might hear Caleb say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who am I? The garbage truck, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s who.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Or he may even vary it a little bit, by saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why am I? Caleb, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s who.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Now this is all fun and cute if he recalls the proper things. If you go to Amazon.com, you can take a look at this book inside, First Virtues for Toddlers<\/a>. You can click the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Search inside this book\u00e2\u20ac\u009d link and view the table of contents. Well, Caleb was doing his duty on the potty chair. While he was reading this book, he points at a number and asks what this number is. I answer 69.<\/p>\n Caleb, unaware of the sexual connotations of this number, uses it to answer many things that have to do with numbers. Caleb lately likes to ask, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153what time is it?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Of course I tell him the time, even though he really doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand the concept of time. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all a set up for him. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like tossing up a softball. He already knows what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to say.<\/p>\n