pretty sneaky, sis
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 11:04PM Little sister (3) has been watching her big brother (almost 6) learn to read and sound out words. The other night she asked me to come over and 'help her with some of the words.' I obliged, of course. It was a Read-and-Seek book, and this page had pictures of some of the items in the book with the words next to them.
She pointed to the first one, "B (b-sound) - Air - Bear." She looked at me for my approval. Since there was a picture of a bear right next to it, I wasn't all that impressed, but entertained that she was doing this 'sounding out' routine, so she was encouraged.
Next picture, "B (b-sound) - Ell - Bell." I nodded, but she didn't care what I was thinking anymore, she was just impressed with herself.
Next picture, "B (b-sound) - Ike - Bike." Ok. My curiosity was tweaked. That could have been one of several words next to the bike. It could have been bicycle....
She noticed me sit up and really pay attention. She proudly pointed to the next picture,
"S - wan - Swan."
uh-oh, busted. The word was bird, but I most certainly applauded her effort (and in her defense, who puts bird next to a picture of a swan? You use every-day birds like swallows or finches for that, not swans! geesh.) And I've enjoyed the recurring chuckle every time I think back. so great.
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I LOVE this post. I've had similar moments with my boys, most recently with my 2 y/o, and then realized he's even using my tone of voice... he's just mimicing me. But there has to be something to that, right? If nothing else, I applaud the interest in reading; learning. And who doesn't like to sit and encourage a small child to grab onto life and take too big a bite. For now. Just imagine. In 20 years. Your blog posts will be about which graduate program she is considering. Be very proud, Carmen. You're doing a great job with those inexplicably adorable children.