Feb. 10, 2006 - But how will they ever learn to read?

DD4 has been obsessed with pretending to write, and has been asking me what letter different words and names start with, and she asks me to write things and read them for her.

We have this game to match upper and lower case and pictures that start with the letter. DD4 has picked up most of the letters on her own, and asks me the ones she doesn't know- this activity is completely self-initiated and self-directed, by the way. She can match most of the letters and the picture on her own.

She is loving our story times and has started following the words I read with her finger.

Yesterday, I watched in amazement as she suddenly fell in love with the rhythms of poetry. What a blessing to see the lightbulbs go off and the beautiful young mind turn on.

I'm really not worried about learning to read. I'm really not worried about her learning anything she wants to learn to do.