Austen somehow learned to draw smiley faces, but not from Mama or Dada (maybe art class?). Following this, Mama showed Austen how to write the letter ‘A’ using three strokes and Austen copied.
Austen also recognizes all numbers and half the letters…half the time. She knows she’s turning “3.” She counts the number of items in a picture (i.e., five crabs) although her counting is sometimes fanciful.