A Laurie inspired posting:
I used to get the "I love you mummy" notes left in random spots around the house from Kara. Now I get notes like this:
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Followed a mere 2 hours later by:
("I am sore ugen theat I broc it. Is it oca")
(I am sorry again that I broke it. Is it OK.)
Of her own volition, she is trying to work on expressing her feelings (although I'm a tad tired of hearing about EVERY feeling), working through her feelings (with varrrrrrying degrees of success), saying she is sorry (increasingly voluntarily!), and asking for "forgiveness". (Heck, I wish she would be just a kid some days). In lieu of a verbal exchange, these notes are her latest way of expressing to me that she is very sorry and "is it OK"?
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An aside question for the "educator" Milk Moms ... Kara used to correctly spell words like dear, this, that, was, and sorry. Since starting school, with "phonetic spelling", so many of her old words are now spelt phonetically (and therefore now incorrectly). No biggie? Just a normal "back-step" in the whole progression forward? I'm not complaining to much as she never would have attempted to spell a word such as screaming before. Just curious.
3 comments:
These should be framed, they are precious.
I wonder as well what to say when they spell new words phonetically. I always compliment her and sometimes tell her the right spelling.
I'm under the impression that it's all just part of the process and that for now the process is more important than the end product. Who knows if I'm right though?
At this age spelling words phonetically is not only age appropriate, it is integral to learning the written language. Before, Kara had probably memorized how to spell words and now that she has a more clear understanding of the connection between letter and sounds, she is spelling them as she thinks sounds should work. Most of the time, althought is seems counterintuitive, this is progress because she is learning how to work her way through the written word instead of "reading" by sight words and memorization. My 2 cents worth influenced by my former office mate who is a reading teacher.
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