We have an abundance of old notebooks. N loves to draw so my neighbor has passed along half-used notebooks from when her children were in high school and college.
With G learning to read and write, it occurred to me that he would probably like a notebook of his own for writing letters and words. This became especially clear once I started getting notes from him on my desk and bed.
And so I told him that he was getting his own notebook, just like N.
Wowee-Wow! Talk about an excited kid.
This is what has been happening.
I started by asking him to help me think of words that rhyme with hug.
Then I told him I was going to write him a note, to which he replied:
Last night he nearly threw a fit because I told him we couldn't do rhyming words since it was so close to bedtime.
Today he did this on his own---thinking of words that rhyme with jump.
This is waiting for him on his bed (after I noticed him reading some of his Brand New Reader books to himself).
I forgot how completely cool it is when one's child becomes literate.
With G learning to read and write, it occurred to me that he would probably like a notebook of his own for writing letters and words. This became especially clear once I started getting notes from him on my desk and bed.
And so I told him that he was getting his own notebook, just like N.
Wowee-Wow! Talk about an excited kid.
This is what has been happening.
I started by asking him to help me think of words that rhyme with hug.
Then I told him I was going to write him a note, to which he replied:
Last night he nearly threw a fit because I told him we couldn't do rhyming words since it was so close to bedtime.
Today he did this on his own---thinking of words that rhyme with jump.
I forgot how completely cool it is when one's child becomes literate.
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