Can ur 3yr old recite their ABC's by heart?

Jodie - posted on 12/31/2010

nah but my son cld recite th alphabet backwards at 3,which he contiune to do for a futhur 6mnths.

Shelby - posted on 12/22/2010

Girls learn some things quicker then boys, as for getting him to learn the song, try and sing it while he is washing his hands, or brushing his teeth. that is great that he knows the letters though.
Also, do him a favor, and don't compare him to his cousin all the time, especially when they get older, it will just cause resentment...

Jennifer - posted on 12/15/2010

My three year old daughter can say her ABC's very well although I had a little trouble with only one of my children and that was my son. Come to find out he is Dyslexic. There is a text that the doctor can do to see if that is the case. Or your son could just be having a great time being silly about it.

Nicole - posted on 12/14/2010

if it is any help try Chika Chika Boom Boom the best alphabet book ever ! i love this book myself and read it to my daughter every time i get a chance

Katie - posted on 12/14/2010

My son was able to sing the ABC song when he was just under 2 but he loved singing songs etc!

Kristine - posted on 12/14/2010

My son will be 3 in April. He knows his ABC's.. All I did was made it a fun game, I am a stay at home mom so I had lots of time to practice & play with him just be patient try not to push or compare your child to another. All kids are different no matter age or sex. You just have to be there when they are ready & willing to learn.

Alison - posted on 12/14/2010

my sister in law is a speech pathologist and statistically boys learn these skills later than girls and boys will have a better ability with active things like jumping, running etc.
both my boys didn't know them properly till at least 4 and they now read and write at 2 years above their age groups at school.

I'd say best let him learn when he wants to, when he is curious he will retain info better

Sheryl - posted on 12/13/2010

my son will be three this month. his only got a few words and that it. his austic and he also has sensory processing disorder. one thing i have learned you can't compare your kids learing with others and when and how he does stuff. all kids are different. if his talking and know his abcs then that great for three years old. some kids can sing the abcs but don't know them if you ask them what the letter is or thing like that. just be greatfull that they are learing what they are. i have yet to hear i love you mom or anything like that. so i guess what i am trying to say is we all should be happy with what we get and just keep working with are kids. not all kids are smart in the same ways. some are smart in other ways or at other things.

Rachel - posted on 12/13/2010

my 4 yr old was like that when he was 3 but when he was 3 1/2 thats when he really started wit the abc's if he dont go 2 daycare i surgest u may take him 2 1 cause he may settle down a bit more n it jus what he may need pls dont take it the wrong way it jus what i found worked wit mine

Jessica - posted on 12/13/2010

My son is 2.5 and he can sing it, but I think he misses one or two letters. We have sung it to him from birth though. It also helped with he was upset, to sing to him, so now he remembers all the ones we sung to him. He has to be in the mood to do it though.
Maybe just keep up with it, and sing it, before bed or nap time and we will pick it up. Make it fun. Sounds like he is doing well though to know that alphabet. Your doing a great job.

Magen - posted on 12/13/2010

my sons turned three in nov. and he still can't say his ABC's but he can count to ten. what i did to get him to learn is have him count things while he is playing. for example how many cars he has to play with or how many pieces or candy he wants. I think the key is to make it fun for them.

Nicole - posted on 12/13/2010

teach him in action make a dance to go with the song i was a hyper child myself with add. and it what my mom had to do and i also learned my spelling words this way our study time as a kid was spen dancing singing and cheering out the alphabet, spelling words and colors.

Karli - posted on 12/13/2010

Hello, My son is 3.5 yrs old and he is very spirited as well. high energy and very intense. I wouldn't worry about whether or not he can sing the song. Callum can sing it when he feels like it, (usually a stall tactic at bed time) All children eventually learn how to read and write and when they learn it is totally irrelevant. He is 3 yrs old, let him have his fun and he'll learn it soon enough.

Kiwi - posted on 12/13/2010

in my experience... its all how you look at it :) set a schedule for the learning in your home :) time to play, learn, clean, eat/cook, nap, learn eat/cook, lol SLEEP!! do not over bear him with anyone thing at a time :) he may learn best in short spurts rather than llonger ones :) I have always surprised people with the learning of my children... do not allow anyone to tell what can not be done! dont give up :) it only gets harder if you give up :)

Bonnie - posted on 12/13/2010

Honestly, he doesn't necessarily have to know the entire alphabet at this point. When he starts school, they will teach numbers and letters even if he already knows them. My older son knew the whole alphabet and counting to 20 at 3 years old and now he is in junior kindergarten and just turned 4 and they are teaching letters and counting to 10 in school. Another thing is, every child is different and learn at different paces. It will happen.

Ciera - posted on 12/13/2010

Kids learn from other kids so the more he's around other kids he will pick up all kind of things and My 2 year old was the same way until he started watchin shows that let him interact but now he watches nick jr on demand and loves and learn so much!!!

Jacqui - posted on 12/13/2010

my lil man just turn 3 this last sept an is also very hyper with sports etc & has sung the alphabet since he was abt 2 but i took him another 6mths past then to recognize them. he now recognizes his own name written & is just learning to write it himself though he has little interest in this. they are all very different in what & how they learn easiest. Connor is musically motivated (anything with a tune or a beat) 2 or 3 goes & he's starting 2 recite things, he also loves numbers but unless he's reading them he gets confused past 30. we do play group every week with abt 8 others he will be in kinda with (most older than him) they all seem 2 vary greatly & gender doesn't seem 2 matter. sum can recite the alphabet but not count to 10 or recognize their name but not what letter they are looking at, several seem to still have trouble just expressing them selves. hopefully everyones answers have helped put you at ease a bit abt all of this. i personally think/have found the trick to be finding the thing that motivates/ clicks for your child's learning style & doing as many different things in as similar way as possible. hopefully u discover something your son really loves too

Suzie - posted on 12/12/2010

the order in the song will come latter if he knows the letters that is far greater of an achivement my daughter was singing the song at 2 but still cant name all the letters by thems self at three

Medic - posted on 12/12/2010

@ Pamela......I agree damn predictive text

Pamela - posted on 12/12/2010

yeah Jennifer better off teaching him predictive text ! heheh

Medic - posted on 12/12/2010

Hey I just thought of something....you know the only two times in my life that knowing the alphabet in order served me any kind of purpose is when we had to line up alphabetically and when filing papers.....so don't stress.....hey you don't even need to know them for the computer seeing as the keyboard is not in alphabetical order..

Toshia - posted on 12/12/2010

I have a CD with kids songs on it & the ABC song is one of them. I play it everytime he's in the car & he has known it for a while now, he'll be 3 Wednesday! My son doesn't know all his letters by looking at them yet but he's getting there.

Kim - posted on 12/12/2010

My son is two and knows his ABC's. but he just picked them up one day out of the blue watching seseme street

Erin - posted on 12/12/2010

My son started reciting the ABCs when he was about 15 months old. It used to calm him down in the car and things so we sang it all the time and one day he just sang it! I was so surprised! But he still doesn't recognize any. He seems to like numbers so we've worked on those instead but he does know what his name starts with which is an E.

Wendy - posted on 12/12/2010

I'm glad to see someone else has the same insane worries I do with their childs' development lol. My son is almost 3 (next month). He just learned his colours, doesn't know his letters at all, but can count from 1-10. I think it's incredible that your boy already recognizes the letters, my son will probably be at least 3.5 when that happens. He did develop faster with activity stuff though. First sat at just barely 5 months of age, pulling himself up by 6, crawling by 6, walking by 10. All kids develop their different skills at different times.

My friend has a daughter who is incredibly verbally skilled. She is only 2 days younger than my son, but speaks as if she were 2 years older. It makes me jealous sometimes, and makes me wonder if James is behind, but always keep in mind that every child is different:) I think your son is right on track.

Katie - posted on 12/12/2010

I don't think this is anything for you to be concerned about...my daughter is 2 1/2 and has known the ABC song for a month or two...as long as he is recognizing the letters I would say you are on the right track! Is there other songs/things he knows or can recite? I know for a while my daughter would sing anything BUT the ABC song...almost like a little power struggle - like "since you want me too I'm just not going to bother"...As soon as I stopped asking her to sing it with me she just started singing it on her own :)

Soky - posted on 12/12/2010

I have been told that little girls pick things up easily. My daughter knows her ABCs a few months before she turned two. Im not even kidding. I would sit there and teach her every single day since I am a SAHM. We go through Alphabets, numbers, words. She is also mixed and knows english spanish and Khmer. Can count up to 20 in those 3 languages. She knows a few spanish words and khmer words but she speaks english very well and you can pick up what she says. My nephew who is one month younger than my daughter hasnt said a word. He would mubmle but his parents are both full time working parents and they arent usually around to teach him any. I think that if you go to youtube and look up a cool aphabet song on there that he likes maybe he can pick it up? I got my daughter into the youtube thing but trust me it works!

Charmaine - posted on 12/11/2010

my 2.5 year old can sing the song but she cant point out any letters. Every kid is different Im sure you son can do heaps of things his cousin cant. I wouldnt worry about it. just sing it alot when hes in ear shot and he will soon be singing it himself.

H.J - posted on 12/11/2010

I'm a qualified Child Care Educator and from my training it is better that a child recognise the letter than be able to say them via rote learning. Each child learns at their own pace. I bet he is fantastic at climbing and imaginative play which is the developmental level 3yr old boys should be at! Make learning fun. When you are out and about use signs as a learning experience. Teach him first the shape of the letter then worry about the song. Most kids his age would know M is for MacDonalds or H is for Honda. It's the best way to get him to recognise letters. The same for numbers. If you are looking at learning from home a good program to get onto is either Letterland or Jolly Phonics. A lot of news agents sell phonics work books and you can download phonics stuff. I find letter land easier because it teaches rhymes to remember how to form the letter when writing it. Talk to the local schools and see what they are using. That's the best bet!

Dina - posted on 12/11/2010

It all depends on the child, I have a friend whose child could say his ABC's and Count to 10 in 3 languages by the time he was 3 years old (Both parents had different native languages then English as well), he however was a calm child...my son on the other hand very very hyper, but very into music so I found a musical copy of the ABCs because apparently me singing it just wasnt enough hahaha. Different kids learn in different ways and you may have to adapt to teach him as well :)

Latrice - posted on 12/11/2010

Actually my son is 2 and he can say his ABC's. Instead of doing other sing a longs i would sing him the ABC song at nap time and bed time, in the tub whenever I could get it in. It was the same with his numbers in English and Spanish. He sings to his sister now who is 1.

Pamela - posted on 12/11/2010

Hello my son will be 3 in January and he has known his ABC for a long time and he is also very good with numbers ( can count to 28 and recognize letters and numbers up to 40 or 50 ) and can sing all his nursery rhymes and other songs word for word but he can't talk very well or understand very much as he has receptive and expressive language delay.

My youngest son who is 20 Months he extremely good at communicating already saying things like "ohh Im scared there's a spidy spider! look mum at the spider" but he has no interest in learning songs or ABC and can only count up to 7 or 8 where as Cameron at 16 months was counting to 20 ! my boys walked at 9 months and 8 months and at first we did think Cameron was behind cause physically he is at a 4 or 5 year old level which is fun to watch at the playground.



they are all so different and he may just not be interested yet but he will get there sounds like he is smart enough here is a website link my boys love!



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hope he loves it my two can sit there for 40 minutes or so just listing to the animals they are engrossed in making all the noises they they don't realize they are learning there ABCS heheh Enjoy

Amanda - posted on 12/11/2010

My daughter will be 3 in Feb and she can recite her alphabet by heart, and count to 25 as well. But however she can't recognize letters when you ask her which one is which. I'm working with her on that and she's being pretty stubborn! My youngest will be 2 next month, and she'll try to recite her alphabet, but it's not quite there! Lol...your son will develop at his own speed, and if he's recognizing the letters, that's awesome! They usually don't understand that until preschool! Just keep practicing with him, or try alphabet magnets for the fridge, or an alphabet game? Just some suggestions! :)

Kimberley - posted on 12/11/2010

hi there i agree all children develop differently at different ace. my son could join 3 words at 6 months and walked at 7 months. but slowed right down and stoped both until he was 14 months. its the same with his abc's and counting he new them all at 18 months but now gets them confused and can miss some out. he is now three. you son maybe better at other things. my son will sit and read a book but not want to ever pplay with toys? we since learnt that he has hearing problems, is colourblind and has slight ADHD. but his doin well. i wouldnt worry so much about it as he may get off put and not want to learn. Keep your head up and do other things with him. good luck hope this helps.

Jodi - posted on 12/11/2010

I think it's more important that he can identify the letters for you than that he can put them in order. Which will serve him better in the years? Singing a song, or knowing which letter is the letter "a" and which letter is a different letter?
I wouldn't worry about it at all, sounds like he's fine to me! He'll learn it in time, so for now, just have fun with him!!! ;)

Lisa - posted on 12/11/2010

My daughter just turned 2 in Oct and can say her ABCs since she was around 21 months old. She can also count to 10 and speaks in full sentences

Rosie - posted on 12/11/2010

I used to strap my daughter down in her stroller, until i realized that she desired to learn. she knows a lot!

Jessica - posted on 12/11/2010

My son is turning 3next month and has known his abc's for about a year and has also been able to count 1-20. I read a lot of abc books and got educational cds to listen to in the car that worked on letters and numners

Jean - posted on 12/10/2010

Every kid is different, and to compare children is not a good idea. If he cant do it, hes not ready its that simple. And to be honest, children at that age that have memorized things will lose all that information at the age of 5 or so unless it was taught concretly.(with visual things)

Dorothy - posted on 12/10/2010

Every child learns at a different pace, same as we do as adults right? My mum told me a story about my brother - when he was little he would write every letter backwards, I found this intresting since he was brilliant at spelling tests and he is brilliant with writing and languages. Take heart that your son WILL know his ABC, even if its in his own time.

Amanda - posted on 12/10/2010

Hey. My daughter is 3 too. I have the opposite situation. She can say the ABC's but if i just ask her what a letter is she (most of the time) can't tell me.

Roxanne - posted on 12/10/2010

Hi, My lil girl whos just turned 3 says her abc and can cound upto 13 lol.. I never knew she could do all thast until she started singing the songs. I taught her how to count but the abc she must have learn't from daycare. I think if you keep playing the song and have cards to show the letters he will get there...All children go at their own pace :)

Kimi - posted on 12/10/2010

The song is just a song. Knowing his ABC's in order isn't needed until he's in the second grade. A poster with all the letters in order might help with that. My brother's little boy never learned the song and he's 6 years old. Not everyone learns through music. Just focus on teaching him what he shows the most interest in for now.

September - posted on 12/10/2010

Learning needs to be fun imo...are you making the ABC learning process fun? Often times children feel forced into learning something therefore they resist. Our son turned 2 in October of this year and can recite his ABC's and has been able to since about 18 months. Our son really enjoys music and books so we used both to teach him his ABC's in a fun and loving kind of way. One thing that really helped our son was singing the ABC song while in the car as well as an ABC puzzle that we bought him...he loves puzzles so they are great learning tools as well. I would not worry about your son he will get there when he's ready just remember to make learning time a fun time, if you don’t do that already! :) Good luck!

Julianne - posted on 12/10/2010

He might just have stronger traits somewhere else too. His skills may lay somewhere else, or just just might be too preoccupied learning other things to learn it right now. Every child is different and its not like he will never learn the song. When hes ready he will.

Catherine - posted on 12/10/2010

Karen song..... lol predictive text meant abc

Catherine - posted on 12/10/2010

if you really want him to Karen the song just sing it all the time but don't try and teach him. my favourite song black eyed peas tonights gonna be a good night my 3 yr old knows by heart as I sing in, or dance with him when its on the radio. he wants to know it cos its fun. he can sing his abc song and knows the letters. he can spell his name and a few other words, but my 2 year old has no clue apart from x.

Julianne - posted on 12/09/2010

I'll let you know in two years time....lol. You shouldnt compare children, all kids develop at different paces, just because he doesn't say his abcs yet doesn't mean that he is behind.

Hayley - posted on 12/09/2010

My daughter could at 3 as well as many other things....my little boy however can't. He's definitely not as good as she was at remembering things like that. He is better at drawing than her and his handwriting seems a lot clearer. I think it just depends on the child as an individual really :)

Casey - posted on 12/09/2010

I have heard that kids usually either walk early or talk early and I think my son definitely chose to walk early, he just couldn't wait to get going lol.