Abrielle's favorite rhymes include "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," and "ABCs." She starts singing the ABCs while she was around 18 months or so. When she was about 20 months I was able to record a video of her singing it. She doesn't like being photographed let alone be captured on video. But when mommy sang with her, she didn't mind, I guess.

My Baby's Continued Growth and Development

I am still in awe by my baby's development. Modesty aside, her developmental milestones are somewhat advanced for her age. Please allow me to share about what she already does and knows that even her teachers at her daycare are pleased and excited about. My little girl knows the alphabet at 15 months. At 12 months, She can read some words and tells the names of objects. She identifies her body parts too. I guess what helped her a lot is I try to expose her to letters and words and make learning them fun. She counts her toys when she's in the tub. She can count to 10 unassisted. At twenty months she starts counting 1 to 20. She also knows the numbers and can name them randomly. Going back to alphabet, she starts singing the ABCs on her own at 19 months. She also sings other nursery rhymes at this age. When she was much younger before her first birthday, she does the action for every nursery rhyme she was exposed to. She loves the the following action songs: if you're happy and you know it, ms. Polly had a dolly, etc. She claps each time she sings an action and says "yey or hooray" when she's finished. Moreover, she can read words on her own. She can read words without pictures such as: see, like, very, funny, house, nose, etc.
Physically, she's also very active. She likes to hop and run. She's very independent. She helps me clean up as well. She knows where to put her toys back. She follows simple directions. Her knowledge of
basic colors and shapes also influenced the way she chooses what to wear. She likes clothing with animal prints or objects that remind her about familiar items on any story that we read.

Learning is Fun!

My daughter is way advanced other kids her age in terms of language development and recognition of letters, and words. I believe that her skills have a genetic component but I am a strong believer of having my child be exposed to learning just about anything. I have been singing and reading to my baby. I read to my baby during my entire pregnancy. And during the first twelve months, she's been exposed to a lot of reading materials either with big books or educational videos. I noticed my baby clamors for books and she enjoys browsing the pages of her books. Now that she's 21 months, her language skills are getting more developed. She loves to sing and memorizes every story I read to her. I am sharing one of the videos that captured her interest for learning- here she is singing the ABCs.