Thursday, October 23, 2008

Accidentally Learning How to Write

Since A1 started attending nursery in our new ward, her favorite things to do are color and sing songs. We sing songs everywhere we go and, of course, we have to do the actions. She knows all the actions to "Popcorn Popping" and "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock." We're working on the actions to "Book of Mormon Stories." I'm having a hard time remembering the "nursery songs that every kid should know" - can you help me remember some good ones to teach my kids?
In a related story, A1 begs to color everyday. It's the only way I was able to watch General Conference earlier this month (she colored so I could watch). She also likes to pretend that she is writing people's names (particularly family members) and other known words. The other day she was pretending to write letters of the alphabet in a notebook we gave her, when suddenly she proudly shouted, "M!"

A1 proudly shows off her coloring

What letter does this look like to you?

Now I know she does not actually know how to write and that this was some random coincidence in writing. But how amazing is A1 for recognizing her own scribbling to interpret it as M?

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