Development catch-up

Colours - Red, yellow, green, black, white, brown, blue, orange, purple.
Alphabet - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, T, X, Y (and maybe S, U, V, W, Z). Instead of learning the names/sounds, we started with an associated word, e.g. M = Mommy. Then we got a CD from the library which we listen to twice a day in the car, which has letters and sounds and we throw on our word association.
Shapes - Circle, triangle.
Words - cow, moo... but occasionally he gets them muddled up.

All of this was mostly learned on the toilet with an alphabet puzzle board, books and a Tupperware shape sorter. He gets lots of practice with colours in the car though. "Yellow bus!" "Orange big truck!" "White car!" At least he's not backseat driving.

I am trying not to take too much notice of the fact that Daddy only has to tell him something once and he's got it. After reading a book about the colours of a rainbow at least a dozen times at bedtime for him to manage only "purple" and "yellow," I left him home with dad for a day and came back to a child who knew all the colours.