Watching Them Is Amazing
Stepping back and watching what my children can do is amazing to me. I love to see how they process things. Each of their minds works in unique and amazing ways. Being able to witness this has got to be one of the most rewarding aspects of parenting for me.
Spencer is at the stage where he is learning so much so fast. Most of his drive at the moment seems to be related to physical accomplishments. He appears to be constantly processing how he can get from point A to B, where point B involves some level of climbing. He's quite a lot like Ellie was in this regard. Then it is wonderful to see him sit still for those brief moments while he flips through his books. Watching him point at objects and touch textures in his books is so cool. In this area, he is much like Abby was.
Ellie is, well Ellie. It is hard to describe Ellie. She has this innocence about her. Her circular logic is so so amazing. She's bright and spacey all wrapped into one. It is a joy to watch her facial and hand expressions when she talks. She gives the absolute best hugs and kisses. She is showing interest in pre-reading activities and imaginative play consumes her day.
Abby is a bit more serious. She's our problem solver. Watching her at dinner last night reminded me of how much I like to watch all of them do their thing. She too is big into imaginative play and pre-reading activities. Last night she was using her crayons for something other than coloring. I've witnessed this before but it seems that this was Carie's first time. Abby was making letters out of them. What amazes me is how she'd move from one letter to another based on its shape. Starting with a T, changing it slightly to make an I, then turning it to make an H. Or starting with a A and turning it upside down to make a V, etc... Watching her light up as she turned her letters and added/removed colors was amazing and wonderful. Oh, and it was also nice that it was a quiet activity at the table while we were waiting for our dinner.
It is also impossible to:
1) Make it through a conversation without them asking what letter everything starts with. To which we ask them what they think it starts with. They sound it out, think about it, and generally are right on. Then they tell us a whole slew of other words that start with that same letter. If Ellie can't figure it out, her guess is always "B" or "W"... and then Abby corrects her.
2) Go anywhere without them discussing which path everyone is to go as we move from point A to B. Thank you Dora!
Spencer is at the stage where he is learning so much so fast. Most of his drive at the moment seems to be related to physical accomplishments. He appears to be constantly processing how he can get from point A to B, where point B involves some level of climbing. He's quite a lot like Ellie was in this regard. Then it is wonderful to see him sit still for those brief moments while he flips through his books. Watching him point at objects and touch textures in his books is so cool. In this area, he is much like Abby was.
Ellie is, well Ellie. It is hard to describe Ellie. She has this innocence about her. Her circular logic is so so amazing. She's bright and spacey all wrapped into one. It is a joy to watch her facial and hand expressions when she talks. She gives the absolute best hugs and kisses. She is showing interest in pre-reading activities and imaginative play consumes her day.
Abby is a bit more serious. She's our problem solver. Watching her at dinner last night reminded me of how much I like to watch all of them do their thing. She too is big into imaginative play and pre-reading activities. Last night she was using her crayons for something other than coloring. I've witnessed this before but it seems that this was Carie's first time. Abby was making letters out of them. What amazes me is how she'd move from one letter to another based on its shape. Starting with a T, changing it slightly to make an I, then turning it to make an H. Or starting with a A and turning it upside down to make a V, etc... Watching her light up as she turned her letters and added/removed colors was amazing and wonderful. Oh, and it was also nice that it was a quiet activity at the table while we were waiting for our dinner.
It is also impossible to:
1) Make it through a conversation without them asking what letter everything starts with. To which we ask them what they think it starts with. They sound it out, think about it, and generally are right on. Then they tell us a whole slew of other words that start with that same letter. If Ellie can't figure it out, her guess is always "B" or "W"... and then Abby corrects her.
2) Go anywhere without them discussing which path everyone is to go as we move from point A to B. Thank you Dora!
posted by Sonya at 3:44 PM
1 Comments:
I thought my daughter was the only one that made letters out of stuff. She did the same thing, starting with the letter T when she first started 'letter making'.
She is also asking what letters words start with.
She also asks how to spell EVERYTHING. All day.
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