1...2...3...4...

We've been working on counting, from one to 10. The normal progression of learning has taken Drew from repeating the number after we say it, to beginning to count on his own. (It's so fun to see these little intellectual light bulbs go off for him!) It's looked a little like this...

Mommy/Daddy: "One"
Drew: "One"
Mommy/Daddy: "Two"
Drew: "Two"
Mommy/Daddy: "Three"
Drew: "Three"
...and so on.

Then, it progressed to the following.
Mommy/Daddy: "One"
Drew: "Two"
Mommy/Daddy: "Three"
Drew: "Three"
Mommy/Daddy: "Four"
Drew: "Four"
Mommy/Daddy: "Five"
Drew: "Six"
Mommy/Daddy: "Seven"
Drew: "Eight"
Mommy/Daddy: "Nine"
Drew: "Ten"

This is generally what his counting looks like at this stage, where he'll repeat some numbers but then occasionally move on to the next number in the series, too. And then today, all on his own, unprovoked and without prompting, Drew said "One, two, three four." And the coolest part about it was that he associated these numbers with his cards as he moved them one at a time from one stack into another.

Very cool. Very fun. That's Drew! :)